English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,
English - Five Volume Translation
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,
Important Words:
ھمزة (backbiter is derived from ھمز) which means he goaded or spurred him, he beat him; he broke it; he drove him; he reproached him or found fault with him; he spoke ill of him behind his back. They say ھمزته الیه الحاجة i.e. want drove him to it; ھمزة means, one who finds fault with others behind their backs much or habitually; one who backbites others; who defames men (Lane & Aqrab).
لمزة (slanderer) possesses all the meanings of ھمزة with this difference that whereas ھمزة means, one who finds fault with people behind their backs, لمزة means, who finds fault with them behind their backs or before their faces. لمزہ also means, he made a sign to him with the eye or the head and the lip with low speech (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The Surah is of general application but has been applied in particular to those evil-minded opponents of the Holy Prophet, who not being satisfied with persecuting him, defamed him and spread all sorts of lies and slanders about him. As against two basic good qualities, viz. goodness and patience, mentioned in the preceding Surah, two evil qualities which cut at the root of all social peace and harmony have been mentioned in this Surah. Backbiting and slander-mongering are the two main evils from which the so-called civilized society badly suffers today.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Woe to every back-biter, slanderer,
Humazah means, one who finds fault with others behind their backs and Lumazah is he who finds fault with them behind their backs or before their eyes (Aqrab). As against two basic good qualities—goodness and patience mentioned in the preceding Surah, two bad qualities which cut at the root of all social peace and harmony have been mentioned in this Surah. Backbiting and slander-mongering are the two main evils from which the so- called civilized society badly suffers today.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
ہلاکت ہو ہر غیبت کرنے والے سخت عیب جُو کےلئے۔
French
Malheur à tout médisant, calomniateur,
German
Wehe jedem Lästerer, Verleumder,
Italian
Guai ad ogni diffamatore, calunniatore,
Spanish
¡Ay de todo detractor, calumniador!,
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
ہر غیبت کرنے والے (اور) عَیب چینی کرنے والے کے لئے عذاب (ہی عذاب) ہے۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
تباہی ہے ہر اُس شخص کے لیے جو (منہ در منہ) لوگوں پر طعن اور (پیٹھ پیچھے) برائیاں کرنے کا خوگر ہے
English - Sahih
Woe to every scorner and mocker
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
ہر غیبت کرنے والے طعنہ دینے والے کے لیے ہلاکت ہے
English - Talal Itani
Woe to every slanderer backbiter!
English - Arberry
Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer,
English - Maududi
Woe to every fault-finding backbiter;
English - Ahmed Ali
WOE TO EVERY slanderer, back-biter,
English - Yusuf Ali
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,
English - Five Volume Commentary *
Cross Refs: b
49:12; 68:12.
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Important Words:
ھمزة (backbiter is derived from ھمز) which means he goaded or spurred him, he beat him; he broke it; he drove him; he reproached him or found fault with him; he spoke ill of him behind his back. They say ھمزته الیه الحاجة i.e. want drove him to it; ھمزة means, one who finds fault with others behind their backs much or habitually; one who backbites others; who defames men (Lane & Aqrab).
لمزة (slanderer) possesses all the meanings of ھمزة with this difference that whereas ھمزة means, one who finds fault with people behind their backs, لمزة means, who finds fault with them behind their backs or before their faces. لمزہ also means, he made a sign to him with the eye or the head and the lip with low speech (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The Surah is of general application but has been applied in particular to those evil-minded opponents of the Holy Prophet, who not being satisfied with persecuting him, defamed him and spread all sorts of lies and slanders about him. As against two basic good qualities, viz. goodness and patience, mentioned in the preceding Surah, two evil qualities which cut at the root of all social peace and harmony have been mentioned in this Surah. Backbiting and slander-mongering are the two main evils from which the so-called civilized society badly suffers today.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
Cross Refs: b
49:13; 68:12.
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Humazah means, one who finds fault with others behind their backs and Lumazah is he who finds fault with them behind their backs or before their eyes (Aqrab). As against two basic good qualities—goodness and patience mentioned in the preceding Surah, two bad qualities which cut at the root of all social peace and harmony have been mentioned in this Surah. Backbiting and slander-mongering are the two main evils from which the so- called civilized society badly suffers today.
English - Pickthall
Woe unto every slandering traducer,
English - Muhammad Ali ra
Woe to every slanderer, defamer!
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,