LAHAB (EMBER)

(Revealed at Mecca – contains 5 verses - 1 section)

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Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

AYAT

TRANSLATION

1

تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

May both the hands of Abu Lahab be destroyed – and they are destroyed!

2

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ

His wealth did not benefit him in the least, nor did whatever he earned.

3

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

He will soon enter the flaming fire.

4

وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ

And so will his wife; carrying a bundle of firewood on her head.

5

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ

A rope made from palm fibre around her neck!


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