Chapter 104 - 14
The Slanderer (Surah Al-Humazah)
(9 verses in total; revealed in early Makkan period)
In the Name of God, the God of Mercy, the Endower of Mercy!
Woe to every kind of slanderers, defamers!1
Amassing and counting their wealth!
Self-assured that their wealth gives them permanence (v.1-3)
Nay, they will be thrown into the great Crusher!
Do you comprehend what that Crusher is?
It is fire lit by God
It rises over man’s heart
Closing over it
As towering columns! (v. 3-9)
1Though broad in its implication, some commentors think that these verses referred to specific individuals such as al-Walid ibn al-Mughira and/or al-Akhnas ibn Shurauq who used their considereable power and wealth to oppose the Prophet and propagation of Islam in the early days of Islam in Makkah
