Christian
Churches of God
No. Q104
Commentary on the Koran: Surah 104 “The
Slanderer”
(Edition 1.5 20180601-20201229)
This is an Early Beccan Surah
dealing with false witness.
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Commentary on the Koran: Surah 104 “The Slanderer”
Pickthall
Translation; Bible Quotes are from the English Standard Version unless
otherwise noted.
Introduction
Al-Humazah takes its name from the slanderers referred to in
verse 1.
At the time of the
Prophet the infidels at Becca waylaid newcomers to Becca and slandered the Prophet
to negate the faith. The same is true of the faith to this day and even more so
in the corrupted Churches of God.
It is an Early Beccan
Surah.
104.1.Woe unto every slandering traducer,
104.2. Who
hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
104.3. He thinketh that his wealth will render
him immortal.
104.4. Nay,
but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
104.5. Ah, what will convey unto thee
what the Consuming One is!
104.6. (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
104.7. Which
leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
104.8. Lo!
it is closed in on them
104.6. In outstretched columns.
A false witness
will not go unpunished and ill-gotten gains do not profit any person. All
unrepentant transgressors of the Law will go to the Second Resurrection to be
re-educated to lead them to repentance. It they do not repent during that
period they will be cremated in the Lake of Fire at the Second Death.
Refer to:
Revelation 20:11-15 in Commentary on the
Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) at ayat 15; Revelation 21:8 in Commentary on the
Koran: Surah 23 (No. Q023) at
ayat 98; Daniel 12:2 in Commentary on the
Koran: Surah 24 (No. Q024) at ayat 42; Matthew 25:41 in Commentary on the Koran:
Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 16; Isaiah 66:24 in Commentary on the
Koran: Surah 34 (No. Q034) at ayat 38; Jeremiah 9:23 in Commentary on the
Koran: Surah 51 (No. Q051) at ayat 40; Psalm
49:6-7 in Commentary on the Koran:
Surah 58 (No. Q058) at ayat 22; 1Timothy 6:9-10 in Commentary on
the Koran: Surah 64 (No. Q064) at ayat 15 and 1Timothy 6:17 in Commentary on the Koran:
Surah 64 (No. Q064) at ayat 17.
Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Leviticus 19:16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
James 4:11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Ezekiel 28:5 by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches (ERV)
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
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