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Surah Al-Masad (المسد) — “The Palm Fiber” — is a Meccan chapter with 5 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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Al-Masad

المسد

The Palm Fiber · 5 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

tabbat yadā abī lahabin watabba

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ

mā aghnā ʿanhu māluhu wamā kasaba

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

sayaṣlā nāran dhāta lahabin

He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

wa-im'ra-atuhu ḥammālata l-ḥaṭabi

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.

فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ

fī jīdihā ḥablun min masadin

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.