Al-Qalam 68:11
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The Slanderer
هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمࣲ ١١
Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Fault-finder, going about with gossip.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is one who finds fault, backbites, needles and prods others, goes about carrying tales and lives by idle talk.
Reflect
Don’t carry anyone’s words to another today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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