تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.1
May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and he ˹himself˺ perish!
Al-Masad · Surah 111 of 114 · Makkan · 5 verses
Layered translations المسد
The Palm Fiber
Sahih International The Clear Quran
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
Neither his wealth nor ˹worldly˺ gains will benefit him.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
He will burn in a flaming Fire,
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.1
and ˹so will˺ his wife, the carrier of ˹thorny˺ kindling,1
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
around her neck will be a rope of palm-fibre.1