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Al-Qalam · 68:11

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

Sahih International

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هَمَّازٍۢ

hammāzin

Defamer

Word breakdown

هَمَّازٍ

Ism · Adjective

Defamer

Rootهمزhmz

to slander, to backbite, slanderer

3× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaهَمَّازAdjective

Grammar rules

Indefinite noun

هَمَّازٍۢ (Defamer) has no ال and takes tanwīn (the "n" sound at the end), so it means "a" or "some" — not a specific one.

We translate it as "a/an" or leave it general.

Lesson 2 · I'rab & Flexibility