111:1
تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٖ وَتَبَّ ١
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.1
1 translator’s note
- Abū Lahab (the Prophet's uncle) , who was an enemy of Islām. ↩
سورة المسد
Al-Masad
The Palm Fiber
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
111:2
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
111:3
سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ ٣
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
111:4
وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ ٤
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.1
1 translator’s note
- She used to put thorns in the Prophet's path and slander him (ﷺ) . The word "firewood" was used by the Arabs to allude to slander and backbiting. ↩
111:5
فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ ٥
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.