1
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
111
Al-Masad
سورة المسد
The Palm Fibre • 5 ayat • Makkiyah
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
2
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
3
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
4
وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-
5
فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ
A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!