Surah Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber)

Topics in Surah Al-Masad

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Ruling (Hukm) (5 verses)
• Women (Nisa') (3 verses)
• Gradual Enticement (Istidraj) (2 verses)
• Prophethood (Nubuwwah) (2 verses)
• Openness (Alan) (2 verses)
• Racism (Unsariyyah) (2 verses)
• Warning (Indhar) (1 verses)
• Visions (Ru'ya) (1 verses)
• Pharaoh (Fir'awn) (1 verses)
• Earning (Kasb) (1 verses)
• Wealth (Mal) (1 verses)
• Obstructing Guidance (Sadd) (1 verses)

Read Surah Al-Masad with English translation

1. 111:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍۢ وَتَبَّ

   May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined! May he be ruined too!

2. 111:2

   مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ

   Neither his wealth nor his gains will help him:

3. 111:3

   سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًۭا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۢ

   he will burn in the Flaming Fire––

4. 111:4

   وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

   and so will his wife, the firewood-carrier,

5. 111:5

   فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ

   with a palm-fibre rope around her neck.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.