Surah As Saff 62. Surah Mu'Minoon 24. [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]. the benefits that accrued to him from his wealth were his kasab (earning), and some other commentators have taken it to imply children, for the Prophet (peace be upon him) has said that a man’s son also is his kasab (earning). Thus, he contrived a plan to realize his debt, for Aas had become bankrupt and there was no hope of the recovery of the debt from him. al-Sa’dee. So “Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he!” was revealed.” [Narrated by Al-Bukhari], [His wealth and his children will not benefit him!]. I think that your Satan has forsaken you, for I have not seen him with you for two or three nights!” On that Allah revealed: ‘By the fore-noon, and by the night when it darkens, your Lord (O Muhammad) has neither forsaken you, nor hated you.’ (93.1-3). was revealed, the one-eyed Umm Jamil bint Harb came out wailing, and she had a stone in her hand. Tabbat yada abee lahabin watab 1. Is it’ for this that you have gathered us?” So there was revealed:– ‘Parish the hands of Abu Lahab’. The word yad literally means a ‘hand’. Verse [ 111:2] مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ (Neither his wealth availed him, nor what he earned.) It consists of 56 ayat (verses) and in English is titled as “The Cloaked One”. Surah An Nahl 17. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame. [1] This surah takes its name from verse 5 in which the phrase “ḥablun min masad” (meaning “a rope of palm fibre”) occurs that mentions the palm fibre rope that in hellfire shall be twisted around the neck of the wife of Muhammad’s uncle, who bitterly opposed Islam; for she took great pride in wearing an ostentatious necklace she became known for and would slip by night to strew thorns and prickly plants in Muhammad’s path to injure his feet. [Ibn Kathir]. Abdullah bin Abbas, Ibn Zaid, Dahhak and Rabi bin Anas say: She used to strew thorns at the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) door in the night; therefore, she has been described as carrier of the wood. al-Ma'idah. No one came near his body for three days after his death, until the body decomposed and began to stink. How perfectly matched are the words and the pictures portrayed: the punishment is presented as being of the same nature as the deed: wood, ropes, fire and lahab! 3- The wife of Abu Lahab … Narrated Jundub bin Sufyan: 2) مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ. The Qur’an did not mention his real name, because it smacked of paganism, and the last element ‘lahab’ [ Flame ] in the nickname has also nexus with the flame of Hell. In Sahih Bukhari hadith 4801, “Narrated Ibn `Abbas: One day the Prophet (ﷺ) ascended Safa mountain and said, “Oh Sabah! (Abu Daud, Ibn Abi Hatim). Then he said. Abu 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. All those who choose to take a similar attitude towards Islam, therefore, will meet with the same disgrace, humiliation and frustration, both in this life and in the life to come. Beginning of Tafsir by Ibn Kathir Surah Lahab / Surah Masad. The Table. Surah Al-Jinn 73. Surah Ya Sin 37. 3. Then he cried out. Surah Al Muzzammil 74. Tale-Bearing: A Gravely Major Sin It is recorded in the two Sahihs that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is reported to have said that a tale-bearer (to harm others) will not enter Paradise. They regarded the disease as infectious and were afraid that it might be transmitted by contact, so they forced him to live in an isolated house, and they did not come into contact with him at all. Surah Az Zumar 40. 8 Duas to Increase Rizq & Wealth from the Quran & Sunnah. “And his wife, the carrier of firewood,” will reside there with him having “a rope of palm-fibre round her neck,” with which, as it were, she is being dragged into hell, or which she used for fastening wood bundles together, according to whether a literal or metaphorical interpretation of the text is adopted. His surname was Abu `Utaybah and he was only called Abu Lahab because of the brightness of his face. [Ibn Kathir]. “Abu Bakr turned around to the Prophet and said, ‘Do you think that she saw you?’ ‘No,’ replied the Prophet, ‘God made her unable to see me. I, too, am gifted in poetry.’ Then she chanted before leaving: The contemptible we obey not! Surah Al Mulk 68. First, that he was better known by his nickname than by his real name; second, that the Quran did not approve that he should be mentioned by his polytheistic name Abd al Uzza (slave of Uzza); third, that his kunyat goes well with the fate that has been described of him in this Surah. Together with Sura Al-Falaq it is also known as Al-Mu’awwidhatayn; dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair. The collected Zakat is required to be given to the poor and deserving people. Kaf- Ha-Ya-'Ain-Sad. Abu Bakr’s daughter Asma has related that when this Surah was revealed, and Umm Jamil heard it, she was filled with rage and went out in search of the Prophet (peace be upon him). She had a bundle of wood on her head and the rope in her neck. Another example of this ironical style is found at several places in the Quran in the sentence: Bashshir-hum bi-adhab-in alima “Give them the good news of a painful torment. She could not see the Prophet (peace be upon him) although he was there. Thus this Surah was revealed. Different meanings of this have been given by the lexicographers and commentators. Sayyidah ` A’ishah ؓ reports that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ان اطیب ما اکل الرّجل من کسبہ وان ولدہ من کسبہ “The best and the purest thing a man eats is from his earnings and his children are part of his earnings”. In fact, at last the same thing happened as had been foretold in this Surah a few years earlier. Surah Fatiha 2. The words habl-um min-masad have been used for the rope which will be put round her neck, i.e. Read in Arabic the opening verse, “Tabbat yada abi Lahabin wa tabb.” You will not fail to note that it sounds like a hard sharp tug, analogous to that of bundles of wood or an unwilling person being dragged by the neck into a wild fire; all is in phase with the fury and violent, bellicose tone that goes with the theme of the sūrah. Surah Luqman 32. [ Qurtubi ]. Thus, Abu Lahab and his wife, Arwa, who was also called Umm Jamil, continued with their persistent onslaught against the Prophet and his message. At the same time his wife, who collects thorns and sharp woods, materials which can significantly increase the blaze of a fire, puts them all in the Prophet’s way. Some narratives maintain that he called the different Makkah clans by name, the clan of Banu ` Abd Munaf, Banu ` Abdul-Muttalib and others. She said, ‘I believe you,’ and then left. Surah Mumtahinah 61. [ al-Qamus ]. Surah Quraish 107. Quran Chapter 5 translated to English. Surah Ash Shu'ara 27. Surah Nuh 72. 5. Surah Hadid 58. Surah Al Asr 104. Surah Al Muddathir 75. Whenever the Holy Prophet ﷺ invited the people to Islamic Faith, he would stand up and cry lie to his message. As he was ruddy in complexion, he was nicknamed Abu Lahab [Father of Flame]. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame. Quran Chapter 2 translated to English. → Janazah Ki Dua 1 Essential Dua For Death in Islam The best Quran translation: clear, pure, easy to read. Say there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and you will be successful.) Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ says that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called his people to faith and warned them about the Divine punishment, Abu Lahab said: “Even if what my nephew says is true, I will save myself from the painful torment on the Day of Judgment with my wealth and my children.” Thus Allah revealed verse [ 2] مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ that is, when the Divine torment seized him in this world, neither his wealth nor his children benefited him! “And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of God: announce unto them a most grievous penalty.” (at … Surah Ar-Ra'd 14. Thus, Allah says. (an Arabic expression used when one appeals for help or draws the attention of others to some danger)”, The people said, ‘What is that?’ Then they gathered around him, whereupon he (the Prophet) said, “Do you see? Al-Jawhari said, “Al-Masad refers to fibers, it is also a rope made from fibers or palm leaves. Surah Al Adiyat 101. 16 – MADD LAZIM. Then he said: ‘Verily, I am a warner sent to you before the coming of a severe torment (as a result of disbelief or paganism). (Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he!) She then said, `O Abu Bakr! If I inform you that cavalrymen are proceeding up the side of this mountain, will you believe me?” They said, ‘We have never heard you telling a lie.’, Then he (the Prophet) said, “I am a plain warner to you of a coming severe punishment.” Abu Lahab said, ‘May you perish! Surah Al Kawthar 109. 1. His wife, Arwa bint Harb ibn Umayyah, Abu Sufyan’s sister, gave him unfailing support in his virulent, relentless campaign. Verse [ 111:5] فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ (In her neck there is a rope of twisted palm-fibre.) That is why the word jeed has been used here ironically, thereby implying that in Hell she would have a rope of palm-fiber round her neck instead of that necklace upon which she prides herself so arrogantly. Is it for this purpose that you have called us together?’ and picked up a stone to hit him. He is defeated, vanquished and damned. Fee jeediha hablun min masad 5. Surah Al Alaq 97. “Doomed are the hands of Abu Lahab; doomed is he.” (Verse 1) The Arabic term, tabba, rendered here as ‘doomed’ also signifies failure and cutting off. Breaking of the hands obviously does not imply breaking of the physical hands, but a person’s utterly failing in his aim and object for which he has exerted his utmost. (In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad.) In verse [ 11, the first sentence تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ (Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab) is in the form of a prayer invoking or imprecating destruction upon Abu Lahab, and the second sentence wa tabba is the declarative sentence prophesying the consequence of the invocation. The first surah in the Quran is Surah al-Fatihah. Surah Al Kafirun 110. meaning, she will carry the firewood and throw it upon her husband to increase that which he is in (of torment), and she will be ready and prepared to do so. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame. Hammaad al-Ansaaree That is, either on the Day of Judgment or immediately after his death, while in grave, he will be pushed into the blazing fire. Then Allah says. It’s not about listening to the news of a dead person. the Prophet’s own clan], under Abu Talib’s leadership, decided on grounds of tribal loyalty to protect the Prophet despite their rejection of the religion he preached. [Qurtubl, Ibn Kathir]. Each surah, except for the ninth is preceded by the phrase bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm ("In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."). ], The wife of Abu Lahab was supportive of her husband in his disbelief, rejection and obstinacy. Al-Bazzar relates on Ibn `Abbas’s authority that “when this surah was revealed Abu Lahab’s wife sought the Prophet. Ibn Jarir has stated that once in the pre-Islamic days he was accused of having stolen two golden deer from the treasury of the Kabah. Seven days after the battle of Badr, he developed a terrible case of plague because of which people avoided him. The Fate of ‘Umm Jamil, the Wife of Abu Lahab Verse [ 111:4] وَامْرَ‌أَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ (And his wife as well, the wicked, the carrier of firewood.) Surah Taghabun 65. Surah As Sajdah 33. They dug a pit in the ground, pushed his body into it with a stick and covered it with stones. And his wife [as well] – the carrier of firewood. Idiomatically, Arabs use this expression to refer to a ‘tale-bearer ‘, that is, one who gathers pieces of gossip and carries them between individuals and families in order to ignite the fires of discord and enmity between people, exactly as one would gather firewood to kindle the fire. ` Ata’ Ibn Sa’ib (رح) says that he asked Sha’bi (رح) about the Prophetic Tradition in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is reported to have said: لَا یدخل الجنّۃ سافک دم ولا مشّاء بنمیمۃ ولا تاجر یربی . God took it upon Himself to say the final word on behalf of His Messenger. O Bani `Adi!” addressing various tribes of Quraish till they were assembled. Therefore, the Qur’an attributes his destruction to his hands. When Abu Bakr saw her he said, `O Messenger of Allah! So with each ayah we provide transliteration and Sahih international translation so you can find it easier to read and understand the Qur’an. 3. Saeed bin al- Musayyab, Hasan Basri and Qatadah say that she wore a valuable necklace and used to say: By Lat and Uzza, I will sell away this necklace and spend the price to satisfy my enmity against Muhammad (peace be upon him). Hence, she will, in time, be dragged into hell with a rope tied round her neck, bundled like firewood. Allah knows best! According to some, masad means a tightly twisted rope; others say that masad is the rope made from palm-fiber; still others say that it means the rope made from rush, or camel-skin, or camelhair. Surah Al Fil 106. Abu Bakr suggested to the Prophet: ‘She will not harm you if you move out of her sight.’ ‘Do not worry,’ said the Prophet in a soothing manner. He was saying, “Verily, he is an apostate (from our religion) and a liar!” This man was following him (the Prophet ) around wherever he went. Umm Jamil called her “the bearer of the wood” because she is said to have carried thorns and cast them in Muhammad’s pathway as to injure his feet. Exegesis of the Greatest Soorah in the Qur’aan: Al-Faatihah – Sh. she will bring and supply wood to the fire in which Abu Lahab would be burning. Below you can read this Surah Al-Masad in Arabic. Surah Imran 4. ‘He is no poet and what he says is not poetry,’ he added. Surah Maryam 20. Surah Sad 39. Surah Az Zukhruf 44. Thus, Allah revealed: “And his wife too, who carries wood” meaning, she will carry the firewood (of Hell) and throw it upon her husband to increase that which he is in (of torment), and she will be ready and prepared to do so. When he called out his Lord (Allah) a call in secret, 4. According to this second interpretation, the verse describes her mean disposition and the disastrous consequences of her sadistic behavior. Phonetically, the words are arranged in a way which provides wonderful harmony between the sounds made by the tying of wood into bundles and pulling the neck by ropes. Therefore, she will be helping to administer his punishment in the fire of Hell on the Day of Judgement. His death occurred in a pitiable state. Surah At Tahrim 67. [1] This surah takes its name from verse 5 in which the phrase “ḥablun min masad” (meaning “a rope of palm fibre”) occurs that mentions the palm fibre rope that in hellfire shall … Surah Maidah 6. If they would just say “astagfirullah,” Allah would send them rain in abundance, and increase their wealth and children, and give them gardens and rivers in … Maa aghna ‘anhu maaluhu wa ma kasab 2. Surah Al Qalam 69. Tafseer Surah al-Fatihah & Clarifying The Categories of Tawheed In It – Sh. ‘o listen to me,’ he went on, ‘I am warning you of [God’s] gruesome torment.’ Abu Lahab was there and snapped at him, ‘Damn you! The latter said: O Messenger of Allah, there she comes and I fear lest she should utter something derogatory to you. Do not listen to him, nor follow what he preaches.’ I asked my father who that man was and he told me that it was Abu Lahab, the Prophet’s uncle.” [Related by Ahmad and al-Tabarani.]. Another instance was when the Hashimite clan [i.e. He used to often cause harm to the Messenger of Allah . Surah Al Hajj 23. Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn `Abbas that the Prophet went out to the valley of Al-Batha and he ascended the mountain. Surah An Nas, Sections: Dua Center Online Quran 99 Names of Allah Islamic Teachings Prophet Stories Prayer Ramadan Contact Us, ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴾, The Reason for the Revelation of this Surah and the Arrogance of Abu Lahab toward the Messenger of Allah, «أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ مُصَبِّحُكُمْ، أَوْ مُمَسِّيكُمْ أَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِّي», «فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيد», «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، قُولُوا: لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللهُ تُفْلِحُوا», ﴿مَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ ﴾, The Destiny of Umm Jamil, the Wife of Abu Lahab, ﴿وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ – فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ ﴾, A Story of Abu Lahab’s Wife harming the Messenger of Allah, ﴿وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا ﴾. Who also used to often cause harm to the valley of Al-Batha and he was ruddy in complexion, developed! 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