تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ١
1. May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.2008
Notes
[2008] Abū Lahab (the Prophet's uncle) , who was an enemy of Islām.
Memorize Surah Al-Masad
سورة المسد
Surah Al-Masad has 5 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 603), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah Al-Masad
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢
2. His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ ٣
3. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ٤
4. And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.2009
Notes
[2009] She used to put thorns in the Prophet's path and slander him (ﷺ) . The word "firewood" was used by the Arabs to allude to slander and backbiting.
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ٥
5. Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
Read the portion while following a reciter, verse by verse, until you can say it without hesitation.
- Repeat
Repeat each verse several times with a pause to say it after the reciter, then join the verses together.
- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.