تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
Al-Masad condemns Abu Lahab, the Prophet's ﷺ own uncle, who answered the first public call to Islam with 'may you perish.' The surah declared — years before their deaths in disbelief — that his wealth would not avail him, and that he and his wife, the carrier of firewood, would enter a fire of flame.
Al-Masad (المسد) means "The Palm Fiber" in English. It is chapter 111 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-Masad has 5 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 603 to 603 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-Masad is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Al-Masad condemns Abu Lahab, the Prophet's ﷺ own uncle, who answered the first public call to Islam with 'may you perish.' The surah declared — years before their deaths in disbelief — that his wealth would not avail him, and that he and his wife, the carrier of firewood, would enter a fire of flame.