The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer — Verse 5
104:5 · al-Humazah
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer / al-Humazah (104:5)
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) 3 verses
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What will explain to you what the Crusher is
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
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And what will show you what will make known to you what the Crusher is?
And what will let thee know what is the Crusher? And how would you know, O MuḤammad, how hard are the depths of the Crusher? And how burning is its fire!
And what will let thee know what is the Crusher? And how would you know, O MuḤammad, how hard are the depths of the Crusher? And how burning is its fire!
And what will let thee know what is the Crusher? And how would you know, O MuḤammad, how hard are the depths of the Crusher? And how burning is its fire!
And what will let thee know what is the Crusher? And how would you know, O MuḤammad, how hard are the depths of the Crusher? And how burning is its fire!
وما أدراك -أيها الرسول- ما حقيقة النار؟
قال "وما أدراك ما الحطمة نار الله الموقدة التي تطلع على الأفئدة" قال ثابت البناني تحرقهم إلى الأفئدة وهم أحياء ثم يقول لقد بلغ منهم العذاب ثم يبكي وقال محمد بن كعب تأكل كل شيء من جسده حتى إذا بلغت فؤاده حذو حلقه ترجع على جسده.
فالمقصود بالاستفهام فى قوله - تعالى - : ( وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الحطمة ) تهويل أمر هذه النار ، وتفظيع شأنها ، وبيان أن كنهها لا تدركه عقول البشر . .
وقوله: ( وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ ) يقول: وأيّ شيء أشعرك يا محمد ما الحطمة.
"وما أدراك ما الحطمة".
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ (5) فجملة : { وما أدراك ما الحطمة } في موضع الحال من قوله : { الحطمة } والرابط إعادة لفظ الحطمة ، وذلك إظهار في مقام الإِضمار للتهويل كقوله : { الحاقة ما الحاقة وما أدراك ما الحاقة } [ الحاقة : 1 3 ] وما فيها من الاستفهام ، وفعل الدراية يفيد تهويل الحطمة ، وقد تقدم { ما أدراك } غير مرة منها عند قوله : { وما أدراك ما يوم الدين } في سورة الانفطار ( 17 ) .وجملة : نار الله الموقدة } جواب عن جملة { وما أدراك ما الحطمة } مفيد مجموعهما بيان الحطمة ما هي ، وموقع الجملة موقع الاستئناف البياني ، والتقدير هي ، أي الحطمة نار الله ، فحُذف المبتدأ من الجملة جرياً على طريقة استعمال أمثاله من كل إخبار عن شيء بعد تقدم حديث عنه وأوصاف له ، وقد تقدم عند قوله تعالى : { صم بكم عمي } في سورة البقرة ( 18 ) .
[وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ } تعظيم لها، وتهويل لشأنها.
على التعظيم لشأنها , والتفخيم لأمرها .
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.
Ah, what will convey unto thee) O Muhammad (what the Consuming One is!) He said this to show its tremendousness.
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.