Sûrah 111. Al-Masad (The Palm Fibre)
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Recitation of Al-Masad |
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About this Surah |
| 1. | Perish the two hands of Abû Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and perish he![1] |
| 2. | His wealth and his children (etc.) will not benefit him! |
| 3. | He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames! |
| 4. | And his wife too, who carries wood (thorns of Sadan which she used to put on the way of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) , or use to slander him)[2] . |
| 5. | In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).[3] |
[1] (V.111:1) See F.N. of (V.26:214), Hadîth No. 495
[2]
(V.111:4) 'And his wife
too, who carries wood.' Mujâhid said, 'Carries the wood' means that
she used to slander (the Prophet
) and goes about with calumnies.
[3] (V.111:5) "In her neck is a twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre, i.e. the chain which is in the Fire (of Hell)." (Sahih Al-Bukharî, Vol. 6, Ch. 356, P.469)
[Imâm Qurtubî says in the Tafsîir of the (V. 17:45)]:
Narrated Sa'îd bin Jubâir
: "When
Sûrah No. 111 Al-Lahab was revealed, the wife of Abû Lahab
came looking out for the Prophet
while Abû Bakr
was sitting
beside him. Abû Bakr said to the Prophet
'I wish if you get aside (or go away) as she is coming to us, she may harm
you'. The Prophet said: 'There will be a screen set between me and her'.
So she did not see him
.
She said to Abû Bakr: 'Your companion
is saying
poetry against me.' Abû Bakr said, 'O Allah's Messenger
!
She did not see you'. The Prophet
said: 'An angel was screening me from her.' "
It is said that if the Verse [(17:45) The Qur'ân] is recited by a real believer (of Islâmic Monotheism) he will be screened from a disbeliever. (Allah knows best). (Tafsîr Al-Qurtubî, Vol. 10, Page 269).
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