111al-MasadTwisted Strandsسُورَةُ المسد

Makkan · 5 ayat · 6th in order of revelation

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٖ وَتَبَّ 

Doomed are the hands of the patriarch of the glowing fire, and doomed is he!

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ 

His wealth and his gains shall not avail him.

سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ 

He will [in due time] endure a fire of fierce flames,

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ 

And his wife [with him] — that carrier of inflammatory material:

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ 

Around her neck [will be] a rope of twisted strands!