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Qur'an 104:1 Al-Humazah

وَيْلٌۭ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍۢ لُّمَزَةٍ

Woe to every scorner and mocker

Saheeh International

What it says

The surah opens with a threat, and the target is not a crime but a manner of speaking about people. Two words are used, and both are built to say that the man does this as a matter of course rather than in a bad moment.

Word by word

وَيْلٌ waylun woe · لِّكُلِّ li-kulli to every · هُمَزَةٍ humazatin habitual scorner · لُّمَزَةٍ lumazah habitual faultfinder

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