The Palm Fiber · Meccan · 5 verses · Revelation order 6
The Surah takes its name from the word Lahab in the first verse.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبࣲ وَتَبَّ
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, may he be ruined
Perished is the power of Abi Lahab, and perished is he
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
Neither his wealth nor his gains will avail him
His wealth and gains will avail him not! (69:27-28), (
سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارࣰ ا ذَاتَ لَهَبࣲ
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
He shall soon enter a Blazing Fire
He shall have to endure a fire blazing, glowing
وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
and also his wife who carries the fuel
And his wife, that carrier of slanderous tales, the firewood hauler
فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلࣱ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
with a rope of twisted fibre round her neck
Will have her neck ornamented with a rope of palm-fiber. ((17:13). 'Jeed' = A neck decorated with an ornament