Al-Fil (The Elephant)
Verse 5of 5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ﴿٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And He made them like eaten straw.
Word-by-word meaning
فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumThen He made them
كَعَصْفٍۢkaʿaṣfinlike straw
مَّأْكُولٍۭmakūlineaten up
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.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.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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