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سُورَةُ المَسَدِ

The Palm Fibre
Bismillah
111:1
تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٖ وَتَبَّ ١
Perish both the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
111:2
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢
All his wealth and all his gains did not profit him.
111:3
سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ ٣
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
111:4
وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ ٤
And his wife shall carry the [crackling] wood [as fuel]!
111:5
فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ ٥
a twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre will be round her neck!

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First published in August 2023, this translation is available in two Hard bound editions. One comes with Parallel Arabic-English Texts and the other is the English only version. In December 2025 we had published the third edition of both versions, alhamdulillah.

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