Al Masad
Chapter 111, 5 verses
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Yusuf Ali
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Transliteration
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Shakir
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Word by word
Yusuf Ali
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Transliteration
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
Shakir
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Word by word
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Yusuf Ali
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Transliteration
Ma aghna AAanhu maluhu wama kasaba
Shakir
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
Yusuf Ali
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Transliteration
Sayasla naran thata lahabin
Shakir
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
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سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
Yusuf Ali
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Transliteration
Waimraatuhu hammalata alhatabi
Shakir
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
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وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
Yusuf Ali
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Transliteration
Fee jeediha hablun min masadin
Shakir
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
Word by word
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ