سورة الهمزة

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Sulayman said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): What is the meaning of the word of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: وَیْلٌ لِکُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ [Woe to every slanderer, defamer]? He said: "Those who spoke ill of the family of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) regarding their right, and found fault with them, and sat in a place for which the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them) were more deserving than they were."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): This word of Allah the Blessed and Exalted: وَیْلٌ لِّکُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ [Woe to every slanderer] means the one who slanders people and regards the poor as contemptible; لُّمَزَةٍ [defamer] is the one who, when he sees a poor person or a beggar, [mocks him].

Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him): The animals that were transformed from the form of the children of Adam are thirteen kinds;... as for the scorpion, he was a man who found fault with others and had an evil tongue, so Allah transformed him into a scorpion.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): "Which are the animals that were transformed?" He said: "Thirteen; from the elephant and the bear" — he mentioned them up to the scorpion — "he was a man of evil tongue from whose stinging tongue no one was safe."