وَٱلْعَصْرِ١

By time,¹

Indeed, mankind is in loss,

Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

Woe to every scorner and mocker

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.¹

He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.¹

And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

Which mounts directed at the hearts.¹

Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

In extended columns.¹

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?¹

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?¹

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

And He made them like eaten straw.¹