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English - Chapter 111 - Al-Masad

Translation by Farook Malik — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Masad 111:1

Perish the hands of Abu Lahab! And perish he

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Masad 111:2

His wealth and whatever he earned did not avail him anything

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Masad 111:3

Soon he shall be burnt in a flaming fire (a pun on the meaning of Abu Lahab, "father of flames)

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Masad 111:4

and his wife, the carrier of crackling fire wood

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Masad 111:5

shall have a rope of palm-leaf fibre around her neck