Surah 111. Al-Masad — The Palm Fibre
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The English text of surah 111 (Al-Masad, “The Palm Fibre”), 5 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ