ONE AYAT A DAY

Surah Al-Lahab — The Palm Fiber

Surah 111 · 5 ayahs · Meccan

Ayah 1

تَبَّتْ يَدَآ اَبِيْ لَهَبٍ وَّتَبَّۗ

Tabbat yadā abī lahabiw wa tabb(a).

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.

Ayah 2

مَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُ مَالُهٗ وَمَا كَسَبَۗ

Mā agnā ‘anhu māluhū wa mā kasab(a).

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

Ayah 3

سَيَصْلٰى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۙ

Sayaṣlā nāran żāta lahab(in).

He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

Ayah 4

وَّامْرَاَتُهٗ ۗحَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِۚ

Wamra'atuh(ū), ḥammālatal-ḥaṭab(i).

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.

Ayah 5

فِيْ جِيْدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّنْ مَّسَدٍ ࣖ

Fī jīdihā ḥablum mim masad(in).

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.