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111. Al-Masad · The Palm Fibre

Abu Lahab and his wife appear in a concentrated warning about hostility and its consequences. Wealth and acquired advantage offer no protection in the surah's judgment, which uses images of flame, firewood, and palm fibre.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

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Meccan (traditional classification) · 5 verses

Editorial themes: Hostility · Wealth · Accountability · Judgment

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

111:1 Compare translations ↗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.

111:2 Compare translations ↗

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ

His wealth and gains will not exempt him.

111:3 Compare translations ↗

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

He will be plunged in flaming Fire,

111:4 Compare translations ↗

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

And his wife, the wood-carrier,

111:5 Compare translations ↗

فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ

Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.

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