Al-Humazah Verse 1

Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,

Woe to every backbiter and slanderer,

Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer,

Woe to every fault-finding backbiter

Woe Unto every slanderer, traducer,

Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,

Woe to every fault-finding backbiter;

WOE TO EVERY slanderer, back-biter,

Ruin is for every open slanderer, backbiter.

Woe to every scandal-monger and slanderer,

Woe to every one who slanders and vilifies,

Disaster is (decreed) for every slanderer, defamer,

Calamity/scandal/woe to every/each backbiter/spurrer , defamer/blamer .

Ruin is for every open slanderer, backbiter.

Woe to every slanderous scandal-monger and backbiter,

Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.

Woe to every slanderer, defamer!

Woe to every slanderer, defamer,

Woe unto every slandering traducer,

Woe to every slanderer and backbiter

Woe to every backbiter, slanderer

Woe to every Humazah Lumazah.

Woe to every fault-finding back-biter,

Woe to every slanderer backbiter.

Woe (waylun; an expression implying chastisement) to every backbiter, [who is a] slanderer, frequently engaging in backbiting and slander, that is to say, defamation -- this was revealed regarding those who slandered the Prophet (s) and the believers, the likes of Umayya b. Khalaf, al-Wald b. al-Mughra and others --

Allah Says;

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ




Woe to every Humazah Lumazah.
Al-Hammaz refers to (slander) by speech, and Al-Lammaz refers to (slander) by action.

This means that the person finds fault with people and belittles them. An explanation of this has already preceded in the discussion of Allah's statement,

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّأءِ 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,

الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالاً وَعَدَّدَهُ