Surah 111 · 5 Ayahs

Al-Masad

Surah Al-Masad (“The Palm Fibre”) is a Meccan surah of 5 ayahs.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ١

    The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.

  2. مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ٢

    His wealth and gains will not exempt him.

  3. سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ٣

    He will be plunged in flaming Fire,

  4. وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ٤

    And his wife, the wood-carrier,

  5. فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ٥

    Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.