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Chapter 111
Surah Al-Masad/Al-Lahab
- سورة المسد
(The Palm Fiber, Flame)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

111:1
Transliteration
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watab
Sahih International
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Pickthall
The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.
Yusuf Ali
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
111:2
Transliteration
Ma aghna AAanhu maluhuwama kasab
Sahih International
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
Pickthall
His wealth and gains will not exempt him.
Yusuf Ali
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
111:3
Transliteration
Sayasla naran thatalahab
Sahih International
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
Pickthall
He will be plunged in flaming Fire,
Yusuf Ali
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
111:4
Transliteration
Wamraatuhu hammalata alhatab
Sahih International
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
Pickthall
And his wife, the wood-carrier,
Yusuf Ali
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-
111:5
Transliteration
Fee jeediha hablun min masad
Sahih International
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
Pickthall
Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.
Yusuf Ali
A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!