Transliteration:( 'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem )
"Ignoble, mean, and besides all that, of doubtful birth."
The verse refers to Waleed ibn Mugheerah, who was accused of being of doubtful birth due to the circumstances of his conception. When this verse was revealed, Waleed confronted his mother, admitting that nine of the ten faults described in the verse applied to him, but he doubted the legitimacy of his birth. He threatened to strike her neck unless she confessed the truth.
His mother, in response, revealed that his father lacked masculinity, and out of fear that others would take his wealth after his father's death, she had an affair with a shepherd. This confirmed that Waleed was born from this act, thus being considered illegitimate.
From this, we learn that anyone who harbors malice against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and speaks ill of him is considered to be a bastard, not just in terms of birth but in terms of their corrupt character.
The tafsir of Surah Qalam verse 13 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qalam ayat 8 which provides the complete commentary from verse 8 through 16.
(68:13) the coarse-grained, and above all mean and ignoble;[9]
9. The word zanim is used to describe a person of illegitimate birth, who does not, in fact, belong to a family but has joined it. Saeed bin Jubair and Shabi say that this word is used for a person who is notorious among the people for his evildoing.
The views of the commentators with regard to the person who has been described in these verses are different. Some one says it was Walid bin Mughirah; another one says it was Aswad bin Abdi Yaghuth, and still another has applied this description to Akhnas bin Shurayq, and some other people have pointed to some other persons. But the Quran has only described his attributes without naming him. This shows that in Makkah the man concerned was so notorious for his such qualities that there was no need to name him definitely. Hearing his description every person could understand who was being referred to.
[1725]- i.e., claiming a particular lineage falsely. The description given in these verses is of al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah (see also 74:11-25) or possibly, as asserted by Ibn Katheer, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq.
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