Tafsir al-Tustari al-Humazah الهُمَزَة (The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer) 9 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
Woe to every fault-finding backbite
Sahl al-Tustari

Woe to every backbiter (humaza), [who is] a slanderer (lumaza),Humaza means a �backbiter� (mughtāb), [a word which is used] when a person maligns someone in their absence; lumaza means a person who defames (ṭāʿin), [that is] he defames someone when he sees them. [The verse] was revealed with reference to al-Wālid b. al-Mughīra.

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الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
Abdel Haleem
who amasses riches, counting them over
Sahl al-Tustari

who amasses wealth and counts it over.He said:He exploited his wealth for his worldly life.

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يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
Abdel Haleem
thinking they will make him live for ever
Sahl al-Tustari

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:

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كَلَّا لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! He will be thrust into the Crusher
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
Abdel Haleem
What will explain to you what the Crusher is
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نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ
Abdel Haleem
It is God’s Fire, made to blaze
Sahl al-Tustari

[It is] the fire of God, kept kindled,That is, it will not die down through consuming the skin and flesh, but [will go on burning] until its heat reaches the very hearts.Fire is of four kinds: the fire of lust (shahwa), the fire of wretchedness (shaqāwa), the fire of alienation [lit. being cut off, qaṭīʿa], and the fire of love (maḥabba). The fire of lust consumes acts of obedience (ṭāʿāt), the fire of wretchedness consumes the profession of God�s oneness (tawḥīd), the fire of alienation consumes hearts, but the fire of love consumes all fires. It has been related of ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn y that once he entered a cave with some of his companionsand found a woman alone there. He asked her who she was, and she answered, �I am one of God�s bondswomen. Get away from me so that this love (ḥubb) does not leave me!� Then ʿAlī asked her, �What is love?� She replied, �It is too hidden (akhfā) to be seen and too evident (abyan) to be concealed. Its concealment within a person�s interior is like the concealment of fire within a stone. When you strike it can be seen but when you leave it alone it remains hidden. Then she started to recite the following:Verily the lovers are preoccupied with their Master,Like the young men of the Cave, they know not how long they tarried! His words, Exalted is He:

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الَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الْأَفْئِدَةِ
Abdel Haleem
which rises over people’s hearts
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إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
It closes in on the
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فِي عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
in towering columns
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