The Surah takes its name from the word humazah occurring in the first verse.(Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran)
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وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every scorner and mocker
waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.1
alladhī jamaʿa mālan waʿaddadahu
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
yaḥsabu anna mālahu akhladahu
كَلَّا ۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.1
kallā layunbadhanna fī l-ḥuṭamati
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
wamā adrāka mā l-ḥuṭamatu
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ
It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,
nāru l-lahi l-mūqadatu
ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ
Which mounts directed at the hearts.1
allatī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā l-afidati
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
innahā ʿalayhim mu'ṣadatun
فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ
In extended columns.1
fī ʿamadin mumaddadatin
Arabic text: Uthmani script via Qur'an.com API v4. Translation: Sahih International. Revelation order: Egyptian Standard (Al-Azhar).