Al Masad
Chapter 111, 5 verses
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Yusuf Ali
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Pickthall
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Word by word
Yusuf Ali
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
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!
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.
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تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Yusuf Ali
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
His wealth and his children will not benefit him!
Pickthall
His wealth and gains will not exempt him.
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
Yusuf Ali
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames!
Pickthall
He will be plunged in flaming Fire,
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سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
Yusuf Ali
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As 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).
Pickthall
And his wife, the wood - carrier,
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وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
Yusuf Ali
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).
Pickthall
Will have upon her neck a halter of palm - fibre.
Word by word
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ