Quran Ayah al-Humazah (The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer) 104:1 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder
Arthur John Arberry   
Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
Arabic   
وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
www.quran.live   
waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
www.quran.live   
Woe to every slanderer backbiter
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Woe to every slanderer backbiter!

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
WOE unto every slanderer, fault-finder
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter
M. M. Pickthall   
Woe unto every slandering traducer
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,
Wahiduddin Khan   
Woe to every fault-finding back-biter
Safi Kaskas   
Woe to every scorning backbiter
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Woe to every slandering backbiter
T.B.Irving   
How awful [will it be] for every backbiting slanderer
Shakir   
Woe to every slanderer, defamer
Abdul Hye   
Woe to every slanderer and backbiter,
Saeed Malik   
Woe to every quibbling [money] squeezer,
The Study Quran   
Woe unto every slandering backbite
Talal Itani (2012)   
Woe to every slanderer backbiter
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
Woe to every backbiter and slanderer.
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer.
M. Farook Malik   
Woe to every slanderer and defamer
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Woe to every slanderer, backbiter
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Misery is for the slanderer and the backbiter
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Grief (and warning) to every Scandal-monger and backbiter
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Muhammad Sarwar   
Woe to every slanderer and backbite
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Woe to every backbiter, deride
Shabbir Ahmed   
Woe unto every slanderer, fault-finder! (He himself does little but spends a lot of energy detracting the doers)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Woe to every persistent slanderer, persistent defamer
Hamid S. Aziz   
Woe to every slanderous scandal-monger and backbiter
Abdel Haleem   
Woe to every fault-finding backbite
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Woe Unto every slanderer, traducer
Ahmed Ali   
WOE TO EVERY slanderer, back-biter
Aisha Bewley   
Woe to every faultfinding backbiter
Ali Ünal   
Woe to every one who slanders and vilifies
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Woe to every scandal-monger and slanderer
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Woe to every scandalous, backbiter
Musharraf Hussain   
Wretched is every backbiting fault-finder,
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Woe to every slanderer and fault-finder.
Maududi   
Woe to every fault-finding backbiter
Mohammad Shafi   
Woe to everyone who taunts, slanders, or backbites others

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Woe is to a slanderer backbiter.
Rashad Khalifa   
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Woe to every backbiter, slandere
Faridul Haque   
Ruin is for every open slanderer, backbiter
Bijan Moeinian   
How sad is the case of a back biter and slanderer
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Woe to every slanderer, defamer
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Calamity/scandal/woe to every/each backbiter/spurrer , defamer/blamer
Sher Ali   
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer
Edip Yuksel   
Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Disaster is (decreed) for every slanderer, defamer
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Woe to everyone who slanders (face to face) and finds fault (in absence)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Woe to every slanderer and backbiter

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
WOE BETIDE every back-biting slandere
Arthur John Arberry   
Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer
Edward Henry Palmer   
Woe to every slanderous backbiter
George Sale   
Woe unto every slanderer, and backbiter
John Medows Rodwell   
Woe to every BACKBITER, Defamer

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
Woe (Wai'lun) to (Li) every (Kulli) backbiter (Humazatin)* and carper (Lumazat'),
Fode Drame   
Woe unto every detractor stigmatizer.
Munir Mezyed   
Woe betide every backbiter, slanderer,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Woe to every mocking slanderer.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Woe to every slanderer and gossiper!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Woe to every slandering backbiter,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
How awful [will it be] for every backbiting slanderer
Samy Mahdy   
Woe to every backbiter, defamer.
Sayyid Qutb   
Woe to every taunting slanderer and backbiter
Ali Quli Qarai   
Woe to every scandal-monger and slanderer,
Thomas Cleary   
Woe to every slandering caviler
Ahmed Hulusi   
Woe to every gossiper and abusive reprobate!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Woe to every Humazah Lumazah.
A. S. Mohamed   
Woe to every slanderer, backbiter,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Cursed is every back-biting slanderer (who finds fault with others)
Mir Aneesuddin   
Sorrowful is the state of every slanderer, defamer,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Woe to every scandal-monger who thrives on traducing people
The Wise Quran Project   
Woe to every backbiter, defamer,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Woe to every slanderer backbiter
OLD Transliteration   
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin