111. Surah Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber)

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

1

YUSUFALI : Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!

PICKTHAL : The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.

SHAKIR : Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.

M& HILALI : Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and perish he!

2

YUSUFALI : No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!

PICKTHAL : His wealth and gains will not exempt him.

SHAKIR : His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.

M& HILALI : His wealth and his children (etc.) will not benefit him!

3

YUSUFALI : Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!

PICKTHAL : He will be plunged in flaming Fire,

SHAKIR : He shall soon burn in fire that flames,

M& HILALI : He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames!

4

YUSUFALI : His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-

PICKTHAL : And his wife, the wood-carrier,

SHAKIR : And his wife, the bearer of fuel,

M& HILALI : And his wife too, who carries wood (thorns of Sadan which she used to put on the way of the Prophet () , or use to slander him).

5

YUSUFALI : A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!

PICKTHAL : Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.

SHAKIR : Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.

M& HILALI : In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).