Al Masad
Chapter 111, 5 verses
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Yusuf Ali
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Shakir
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Word by word
Yusuf Ali
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Shakir
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet) and perish he!
Word by word
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Yusuf Ali
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Shakir
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
His wealth and his children will not benefit him!
Word by word
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
Yusuf Ali
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Shakir
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames!
Word by word
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
Yusuf Ali
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Shakir
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And his wife, too, who carries wood (thorns of Sa'dan which she used to put on the way of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, or use to slander him).
Word by word
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
Yusuf Ali
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Shakir
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).
Word by word
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ