Al-Masad

111th chapter of the Qur'an

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ٱلتَبَّت
Other names	At-Tabbat, Lahab
Position	Quran 112  →

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Al-Masad (

Hell.^[1]

• ۝ May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.^[a]
• ۝ His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.^[3]
• ۝ He will burn in a Fire of flame ^[4]
• ۝ and his wife also, bearing wood,
• ۝ having on her neck ^[5] a rope of twisted strands.^[4]

• Hafs from Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝‎
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ۝١‎
¹ Tabbat yadā ’abī lahabi w-watab(ba)
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ۝٢‎
² Mā ’aghnā ‘anhu māluhū wamā kasab(a)
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ ۝٣‎
³ Sayaṣlā Nāran dhāta lahab(in)
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ۝٤‎
⁴ Wamra’atuhū ḥammālata l-ḥaṭab(i)
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ۝٥‎
⁵ Fī jīdihā ḥablu m-mi m-masad(im)

• Warsh from Nafiʽ al-Madani

بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ ۝‎
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِے لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ۝١‎
¹ Tabbat yadā ’abī lahabi w-watab(ba)
مَآ أَغۡنَٜىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ۝٢‎
² Mā ’aghnā ‘anhu māluhū wamā kasab(a)
سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ ۝٣‎
³ Sayaṣlā Nāran dhāta lahab(in)
وَامۡرَاَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةُ اَ۬لۡحَطَبِ ۝٤‎
⁴ Wamra’atuhū ḥammālatu l-ḥaṭab(i)
فِے جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ۝٥‎
⁵ Fī jīdihā ḥablu m-mi m-masad(im)

Meanings

¹ Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and perish he!
² His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
³ He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames!
⁴ And his wife too, who carries wood (thorns of Sadan which she used to put on the way of the Prophet (Peace be upon him), or use to slander him).
⁵ In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).

¹ May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
² His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
³ He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
⁴ And his wife [as well] – the carrier of firewood.
⁵ Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

¹ Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
² No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
³ Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
⁴ His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-
⁵ A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!

¹ The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.
² His wealth and gains will not exempt him.
³ He will be plunged in flaming Fire,
⁴ And his wife, the wood-carrier
⁵ Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.

Abu Lahab

Verse 1 mentions Abu Lahab (father of flame).

• Narrated Ibn Abbas: Abu Lahab said, "May you perish! Is it for this that you have gathered us?" So there was revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab'.^[16][17][18]
• Narrated
  Quraish till they were assembled. Those who could not come themselves, sent their messengers to see what was there. Abu Lahab and other people from Quraish came and the Prophet then said, "Suppose I told you that there is an (enemy) cavalry in the valley intending to attack you, would you believe me?" They said, "Yes, for we have not found you telling anything other than the truth." He then said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrific punishment." Abu Lahab said (to the Prophet) "May your hands perish all this day. Is it for this purpose you have gathered us?" Then it was revealed: "Perish the hands of Abu Lahab (one of the Prophet's uncles), and perish he! His wealth and his children will not profit him...." (111.1‍–‍5)^[19]

• Narrated Jundub bin Sufyan: Once Muhammad became sick and could not offer his night prayer (Tahajjud) for two or three nights. Then a lady (the wife of Abu Lahab) came and said, "O Muhammad! I think that your satan has forsaken you, for I have not seen him with you for two or three nights!" On that Allah revealed: 'By the fore-noon, and by the night when it darkens, your Lord (O Muhammad) has neither forsaken you, nor hated you.'" (93.1‍–‍3^[20])^[21]
• According to
  Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (Ibn Jarir):^{[citation needed]} One day Abu Lahab asked Muhammad: "If I were to accept your religion, what would I get?" Muhammad replied: "You would get what the other believers would get." He said: "Is there no preference or distinction for me?" Muhammad replied: "What else do you want?" Thereupon he said: "May this religion perish in which I and all other people should be equal and alike!"^[b]
• Rabiah bin Abbad ad- Dill related: "I was a young boy when I accompanied my father to the face of Dhul-Majaz. There I saw Muhammad who was exhorting the people, saying: 'O people, say: there is no deity but God, you will attain success.' Following behind him I saw a man, who was telling the people, 'This fellow is a liar: he has gone astray from his ancestral faith.' I asked; who is he? The people replied: He is his uncle, Abu Lahab."[c]^[14][22]
• Abu Sufyan's sister), had made it a practice to cast thorns at his door in the night so that when he or his children came out of the house at dawn, they should run thorns in the foot.^[e]
• When Muhammad's son Qasim ibn Muhammad died in 605, Abu Lahab came out of his house screaming and dancing. And he says Batara Muhammadun – Muhammad has had his lineage cut off.^[22][f] Ata ibn Abi Rabah reported the same happening when the second son of Muhammad died.^[23]

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