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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

Ali Unal: IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE

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وَيلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ

Ali Unal

This sūrah of nine verses was revealed in Makkah. Its name is taken from the word al-humazah (slanderer) in its first verse. It warns against slandering and defaming, and seeing oneself as being above other people because of one’s wealth (or other worldly things).
Woe to every one who slanders and vilifies,