تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ١
tabbat yadā abī lahabin watabba
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.
Surah Al-Masad transliteration
سورة المسد
Here is Surah Al-Masad (“The Palm Fiber”) in transliteration: each of its 5 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
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
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢
mā aghnā ʿanhu māluhu wamā kasaba
2. His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ ٣
sayaṣlā nāran dhāta lahabin
3. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ٤
wa-im'ra-atuhu ḥammālata l-ḥaṭabi
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
fī jīdihā ḥablun min masadin
5. Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
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