The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer — Verse 3
104:3 · al-Humazah
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يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer / al-Humazah (104:3)
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thinking they will make him live for ever
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
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He thinks in his ignorance that his wealth will make him immortal never to die.
He reckons that his wealth will make him last forever. They fancy that they will be in this world forever and that their wealth will always stay with them.
He reckons that his wealth will make him last forever. They fancy that they will be in this world forever and that their wealth will always stay with them.
He reckons that his wealth will make him last forever. They fancy that they will be in this world forever and that their wealth will always stay with them.
He reckons that his wealth will make him last forever. They fancy that they will be in this world forever and that their wealth will always stay with them.
يظن أنه ضَمِنَ لنفسه بهذا المال الذي جمعه، الخلود في الدنيا والإفلات من الحساب.
أي يظن أن جمعه المال يخلده في هذه الدار "كلا" أي ليس الأمر كما زعم ولا كما حسب. ثم.
وقوله - تعالى - : ( يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ ) ، صفة أخرى من صفاته القبيحة ، والجملة يصح أن تكون مستأنفة استنئافا بيانيا ، جوابا لسؤال مقدر ، كأنه قيل : ما باله يجمع المال ويهتم به؟ فكان الجواب : يحسب أن ماله أخلده .ويصح أن تكون حالا من فاعل " جمع " أى : هذا الجاهل المغرور جمع المال وعدده ، حالة كونه يظن أن ماله يخلده فى الدنيا ، ويجعله فى مأمن من حوادث الدهر .قال الأستاذ الإِمام محمد عبده : أى أن الذى يحمل هذا الهمزة اللمزة على الحط من أقدار الناس ، هو جمعه المال وتعديده . . فكلما نظر إلى كثرة ما عنده منه ، انتفخ وظن أنه من رفعة المكانة ، بحيث يكون كل ذ فضل ومزية دونه . . ويظن أن ما عنده من المال ، قد حفظ له حياته التى هو فيها ، وأرصدها عليه ، فهو لا يفارقها إلى حياة أخرى ، يعاقب فيها على ما كسب من سيئ الأعمال . .
وقوله: ( يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ )يقول: يحسب أن ماله الذي جمعه وأحصاه, وبخل بإنفاقه, مخلده في الدنيا, فمزيل عنه الموت. وقيل: أخلده, والمعنى: يخلده, كما يقال للرجل الذي يأتي الأمر الذي يكون سببا لهلاكه: عطب والله فلان, هلك والله فلان, بمعنى: أنه يعطب من فعله ذلك, ولما يهلك بعد ولم يعطب; وكالرجل يأتي الموبقة من الذنوب: دخل والله فلان النار.
"يحسب أن ماله أخلده"، في الدنيا، يظن أنه لا يموت مع يساره.
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ (3) وجملة : { يحسب أن ماله أخلده } يجوز أن تكون حالاً من هُمَزة فيكون مستعملاً في التَّهكم عليه في حرصه على جمع المال وتعديده لأنه لا يُوجد من يَحْسب أن ماله يُخلده ، فيكون الكلام من قبيل التمثيل ، أو تكون الحال مراداً بها التشبيه وهو تشبيه بليغ .ويجوز أن تكون الجملة مستأنفة والخبر مستعملاً في الإِنكار ، أو على تقدير همزة استفهام محذوفة مستعملاً في التهكم أو التعجيب .وجيء بصيغة المضي في { أخلده } لتنزيل المستقبل منزلة الماضي لتحققه عنده ، وذلك زيادة في التهكم به بأنه موقن بأن ماله يخلده حتى كأنه حصل إخلاده وثبت .والهَمزة في { أخلده } للتعدية ، أي جعله خالداً .وقرأ الجمهور : { يحسِب } بكسر السين . وقرأه ابن عامر وعاصم وحمزة وأبو جعفر بفتح السين وهما لغتان .ومعنى الآية : أن الذين جمعوا المال يشبه حالهم حال من يحسب أن المال يقيهم الموت ويجعلهم خالدين لأن الخلود في الدنيا أقصى متمناهم إذ لا يؤمنون بحياة أخرى خالدة .
{ يَحْسَبُ } بجهله { أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ } في الدنيا، فلذلك كان كده وسعيه كله في تنمية ماله، الذي يظن أنه ينمي عمره، ولم يدر أن البخل يقصف الأعمار، ويخرب الديار، وأن البر يزيد في العمر.
قوله تعالى : يحسب أي يظن أن ماله أخلده أي يبقيه حيا لا يموت ; قاله السدي . وقال عكرمة : أي يزيد في عمره . وقيل : أحياه فيما مضى ، وهو ماض بمعنى المستقبل . يقال : هلك والله فلان ودخل النار ; أي يدخل .
If a man has a difference with another, he can settle it by argument. But it is not proper for him to denigrate the other person, defame him and make him the target of allegations. While the first course of action is legitimate, the second is not. Those who resort to calumny, do so because they see that their worldly position is safe and strong. They think that they are not going to lose anything if they level baseless allegations against another. But this is mere foolishness. The fact is that their doing so amounts to jumping into a pit of fire—a pit of fire from which there will be no escape.
The third evil quality denounced severely in this Surah is greed, that is, the selfish hoarding of wealth, against which is the stern warning of the dreadful end of those who have passion for worldly riches. This verse, however, refers to the love of, and passion for, wealth which is accumulated and counted over and over again. Other verses and Ahadith bear testimony to the fact that amassing of wealth in principle is not prohibited or sinful. Therefore, verse [ 2] must be interpreted in the light of those verses and traditions. This verse purports to say that anyone who accumulates wealth and does not pay his obligatory dues or has greed for wealth that leads him to pride and arrogance, or has love of wealth that engrosses him in the hoarding of wealth so profoundly that he forgets his religious obligations, his practice is condemned in the strongest terms, and a person attaching such profound love, greed and passion for material riches will suffer eternal perdition as described in the verses that follow.
(He) the disbeliever (thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal) in the life of the world.
He thinks that his wealth will make him live forever.He said:That is, [he thinks] it will make him live forever in the abode of permanent subsistence (dār al-baqāʾ). It has also been said: [he thinks] it will make him live forever, [saving him from] death.His words, Exalted is He:
Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءِ بِنَمِيمٍ
(Hammaz, going about with slander) (68:11) Ibn `Abbas said, "Humazah Lumazah means one who reviles and disgraces (others)." Mujahid said, "Al-Humazah is with the hand and the eye, and Al-Lumazah is with the tongue." Then Allah says,
الَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالاً وَعَدَّدَهُ
(Who has gathered wealth and counted it.) meaning, he gathers it piling some of it on top of the rest and he counts it up. This is similar to Allah's saying,
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَى
(And collect (wealth) and hide it.) (70:18) This was said by As-Suddi and Ibn Jarir. Muhammad bin Ka`b said concerning Allah's statement,
جَمَعَ مَالاً وَعَدَّدَهُ
(gathered wealth and counted it.) "His wealth occupies his time in the day, going from this to that. Then when the night comes he sleeps like a rotting corpse." Then Allah says,
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
(He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!) meaning, he thinks that gathering wealth will make him last forever in this abode (the worldly life).
كَلاَّ
(But no!) meaning, the matter is not as he claims, nor as he reckons. Then Allah says,
لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِى الْحُطَمَةِ
(Verily, he will be thrown into Al-Hutamah.) meaning, the person who gathered wealth and counted it, will be thrown into Al-Hutamah, which is one of the descriptive names of the Hellfire. This is because it crushes whoever is in it. Thus, Allah says,
وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ - نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ - الَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الاٌّفْئِدَةِ
(And what will make you know what Al-Hutamah is The fire of Allah, Al-Muqadah, which leaps up over the hearts.) Thabit Al-Bunani said, "It will burn them all the way to their hearts while they are still alive." Then he said, "Indeed the torment will reach them." Then he cried. Muhammad bin Ka`b said, "It (the Fire) will devour every part of his body until it reaches his heart and comes to the level of his throat, then it will return to his body."
Concerning Allah's statement,
إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
(Verily, it shall Mu'sadah upon them.) meaning, covering, just as was mentioned in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Balad (see 90:20). Then Allah says,
فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةِ
(In pillars stretched forth. ) "Atiyah Al-`Awfi said, "Pillars of Iron." As-Suddi said, "Made of fire." Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, "He will make them enter pillars stretched forth, meaning there will be columns over them, and they will have chains on their necks, and the gates (of Hell) will be shut upon them." This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Humazah, and all praise and thanks are due to Allah.