Tafsir Maariful Quran
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104. Al-Humazah بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ وَیْلٌ Woe لِّكُلِّ to every هُمَزَةٍ slanderer لُّمَزَةِۙ backbiter! لَّذِیْ The one who جَمَعَ collects مَالًا wealth وَّ عَدَّدَهٗۙ and counts it یَحْسَبُ Thinking اَنَّ that مَالَهٗۤ his wealth اَخْلَدَهٗۚ will make him immortal كَلَّا Nay! لَیُنْۢبَذَنَّ Surely he will be thrown فِی in الْحُطَمَةِؗۖ the Crusher وَ مَاۤ And what اَدْرٰىكَ will make you know مَا what الْحُطَمَةُؕ the Crusher (is) نَارُ A Fire اللّٰهِ Allah الْمُوْقَدَةُۙ kindled الَّتِیْ Which تَطَّلِعُ mounts up عَلَی to الْاَفْـِٕدَةِؕ the hearts اِنَّهَا Indeed it عَلَیْهِمْ (will be) upon them مُّؤْصَدَةٌۙ closed over فِیْ In عَمَدٍ columns مُّمَدَّدَةٍ۠ extended
(104:1) Woe to every backbiter, derider
(104:2) who accumulates wealth and counts it
(104:3) He thinks that his wealth has made him eternal
(104:4) Never! He will certainly be thrown into the Crushing Fire
(104:5) And what may let you know what the Crushing Fire is
(104:6) It is Allah’s kindled fire
(104:7) that will peep into the hearts
(104:8) It will be closed on them
(104:9) in outstretched columns
This Surah warns of the severe punishment on three grave sins, and then highlights the nature of that severe punishment. The three sins are backbiting, deriding and selfish hoarding of wealth. The words hamz and lamz are used in several senses. Most commentators agree that the word hamz, from which is derived the word humazah, means to 'backbite', that is, to speak ill of a person behind his back. The word lamz, from which is derived the word lumazah, means to 'slander' or 'to deride', that is, to speak ill of a person to his face. Both these sins are morally and socially obnoxious and deadly. The Qur'an and the Sunnah have sounded a stern warning against these sins. However, 'backbiting' is, from one perspective, worse than 'slander'. 'Backbiting' is worse because the ill of a person is spoken behind his back; the victim is not present to defend himself and put an end to it; thus the sin continues to be committed to a greater and increasing degree. 'Slander', on the other hand, though an obnoxious sin in itself, is relatively less in degree than backbiting, because the victim is present to defend himself and put an end to face-to-face insulting or fault-finding with him. From another perspective 'slander' is worse than 'backbiting', because to speak ill of a person to his face is tantamount to insulting him and denigrating him. This is morally and socially more harmful and hurting, and therefore its punishment is more dreadful. According to a Hadith, the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم has said,
شِرارُ عِبَادِ اللہِ تَعَالٰی المَشَّاءُونَ بِالنَّمِیمَۃِ المُفَرِّقُونَ بَینَ الاَحبَّۃِ البَاعُونَ البُرَآَءَ العنت
"The worst servants of Allah are those who speak ill of someone, creating enmity between friends and finding fault with innocent people."
Al-Hamdulillah
The Commentary on
Surah Al-Humazah
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