(وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ)
(1. Woe to every Humazah Lumazah.)
(الَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالاً وَعَدَّدَهُ)
(2. Who has gathered wealth and counted it.)
(يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ)
(3. He thinks that his wealth will make him last
forever!)
(كَلاَّ لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِى الْحُطَمَةِ)
(4. But no! Verily, he will be thrown into Al-Hutamah.)
(وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ)
(5. And what will make you know what Al-Hutamah is)
(نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ)
(6. The fire of Allah, Al-Muqadah,)
(الَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الاٌّفْئِدَةِ)
(7. Which leaps up over the hearts.)
(إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ)
(8. Verily, it shall Mu'sadah upon them,)
(فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةِ)
(9. In pillars stretched forth.)
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 مَّشَّآءِ 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,
﴿الَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالاً وَعَدَّدَهُ
﴾
(Who has gathered wealth and counted it.) meaning, he
gathers it piling some of it on top of the rest and he counts it up. This is
similar to Allah's saying,
﴿وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَى ﴾
(And collect (wealth) and hide it.) (70:18) This was said
by As-Suddi and Ibn Jarir. Muhammad bin Ka`b said concerning Allah's statement,
﴿جَمَعَ مَالاً وَعَدَّدَهُ﴾
(gathered wealth and counted it.) "His wealth
occupies his time in the day, going from this to that. Then when the night
comes he sleeps like a rotting corpse.'' Then Allah says,
﴿يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
﴾
(He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!)
meaning, he thinks that gathering wealth will make him last forever in this
abode (the worldly life).
﴿كَلاَّ﴾
(But no!) meaning, the matter is not as he claims, nor as
he reckons. Then Allah says,
﴿لَيُنبَذَنَّ فِى الْحُطَمَةِ﴾
(Verily, he will be thrown into Al-Hutamah.) meaning, the
person who gathered wealth and counted it, will be thrown into Al-Hutamah,
which is one of the descriptive names of the Hellfire. This is because it
crushes whoever is in it. Thus, Allah says,
﴿وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ
- نَارُ اللَّهِ الْمُوقَدَةُ - الَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى الاٌّفْئِدَةِ ﴾
(And what will make you know what Al-Hutamah is The fire
of Allah, Al-Muqadah, which leaps up over the hearts.) Thabit Al-Bunani said,
"It will burn them all the way to their hearts while they are still
alive.'' Then he said, "Indeed the torment will reach them.'' Then he
cried. Muhammad bin Ka`b said, "It (the Fire) will devour every part of
his body until it reaches his heart and comes to the level of his throat, then
it will return to his body.''