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Surah 111: The FameThe Fame
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I’ve used Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall’s 1930 translation of the Quran’s meanings since it’s both public domain and very pretty.
Surah 111: The Fameسُورَةُ المَسَدِ
1The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish. 2His wealth and gains will not exempt him. 3He will be plunged in flaming Fire, 4And his wife, the wood-carrier, 5Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.
1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍۢ وَتَبَّ 2مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ 3سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًۭا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۢ 4وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ 5فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ