Exegesis of Surat al-Humazah: "Woe to every slanderer and backbiter"
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The Shaykh : As for what concerns these two surahs, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: [Al-Humazah 104:1] "Woe" is a word of warning, a word of threat. This is why people use it to threaten others now; they threaten a child with it, saying to him, "Woe to you if you do such and such." So "Woe" is a word of what? Warning and threat. [Al-Humazah 104:1] It means that people are criticized for whispering sometimes and for backbiting sometimes. Backbiting is mentioning the faults of others, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Hujurat 49:11]