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The Ocean of the Quran

Chapter 111 of 114

Al-Masad · Palm Fibre

5 versesMeccanPublished · 5 of 5 verses

Read from the beginning

سُورَةُ المسد

About this chapter

This surah consists of five verses and was revealed in Mecca. Chronologically, it is believed to have been the sixth chapter in the order of revelation. The name al-Masad (palm fibre) is taken from the fifth verse of the chapter in which this word appears. However, this chapter is also known by the names Tabbat (perished) and Abī Lahab.

The introduction sets out when the chapter came and what it addresses; the merits gather what the narrations say of reading it. Both are written as units of the tafsir, with their own footnotes.

IntroductionWhat the chapter is about, and when it cameMeritsWhat the narrations say of reading it

The verses

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  1. 1 Perish the hands of Abū Lahab, and perish he!
  2. 2 Neither his wealth availed him, nor what he had earned.
  3. 3 Soon he will enter the blazing fire.
  4. 4 And his wife [too], the firewood carrier.
  5. 5 With a rope of palm fibre around her neck.

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