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Chapter 104

The Scandal-mongeral-Humazah ( الهمزة )

9 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that opens with a threat of impending affliction and grief to The Scandal-monger or the slanderous reviler, one who, in greediness of wealth and acclaim, defames others. It takes its name from “the slanderer” (humazah) mentioned in verse 1. The surah condemns the greedy backbiter and gives a description of Hell.«

The surah is also known as The Backbiter, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer, The Slanderous Reviler

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Muhammad Asad: In The Name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace:

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وَيلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ

Muhammad Asad

TAKING its conventional name from a noun occurring in the first verse, this surah seems to have been revealed towards the end of the third year of Muhammad's prophethood - probably after surah 75 ("Resurrection").
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder!1
  • I.e., everyone who maliciously tries to uncover real or imaginary faults in others.