المسد

 

Al-Masad

 

The Palm Fiber

1 - Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) - 001

تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٖ وَتَبَّ
May the hands of Abu Lahab[1] perish, and may he perish!
[1] i.e., the Prophet's uncle, who was one of the staunchest enemies of Islam.

2 - Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) - 002

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
Neither his wealth nor his worldly gains will avail him.

3 - Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) - 003

سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ
He will burn in a Flaming Fire,

4 - Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) - 004

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ
and so will his wife[2], the carrier of firewood,
[2] i.e., ’Um Jamīl, who used to throw thorny branches in the Prophet's way and she used to slander him (ﷺ). The word hatab (firewood) was used by the Arabs to allude to slander and backbiting.

5 - Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) - 005

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ
around her neck will be a rope of palm fiber[3].
[3] This surah was one of the earliest surahs revealed in Makkah, yet Abu Lahab persisted in disbelief. For him to disprove the Qur’an, all he had to do was to accept Islam, for the Qur’an condemned him to Hell.