Thorns • 5 verses • المسد
[111:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
[111:1] Condemned are the works of Abee Lahab, and he is condemned.*
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
*111:1 Abee Lahab was Muhammad's uncle and the leader of the opposition. His wife carried out a campaign of persecution against Muhammad and the believers. Like all descriptions of Heaven and Hell, the rope of thorns is an allegory.
[111:2] His money and whatever he has accomplished will never help him.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
[111:3] He has incurred the blazing Hell.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
[111:4] Also his wife, who led the persecution.
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
[111:5] She will be (resurrected) with a rope of thorns around her neck.
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ