Al-Qalam 68:13
The Pen · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 564
Coarse and Cruel
عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ١٣
Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Cruel, and moreover base-born.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “‘utull” as coarse, disrespectful, tyrannical, gluttonous, foul-mouthed and cruel; “zanim” is one attached falsely, branded by evil.
Reflect
Keep courtesy in your words 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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