111. Al-Masad
المسد“The Palm Fibre”
The Surah takes its name from the word Lahab in the first verse.(Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran)
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تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.1
tabbat yadā abī lahabin watabba
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
mā aghnā ʿanhu māluhu wamā kasaba
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
sayaṣlā nāran dhāta lahabin
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.1
wa-im'ra-atuhu ḥammālata l-ḥaṭabi
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
fī jīdihā ḥablun min masadin
Arabic text: Uthmani script via Qur'an.com API v4. Translation: Sahih International. Revelation order: Egyptian Standard (Al-Azhar).