4 Preface كَلّا ۖ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِي الحُطَمَةِYusuf AliBy no means! He will be sure to be thrown into that which Breaks to Pieces,1Ḥuṭama: that which smashes or breaks to pieces: an apt description of the three antisocial vices condemned. For scandal-mongering and backbiting make any sort of cohesion or mutual confidence impossible; and the miser’s hoards block up the channels of economic service and charity, and the circulation of good-will among men.