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Surah Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) — Arabic text & English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ١
1. The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢
2. His wealth and gains will not exempt him.
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ٤
4. And his wife, the wood-carrier,
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ٥
5. Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.
Quran text (Uthmani script) from the Tanzil Project — Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. English translation: M. M. Pickthall (public domain), text via Tanzil.net. Tap “Tafsir of this verse” for the tafsir from recognised books, with the source cited.