The Qur'ân

PART II Chapters XVII TO CXIV

THE CHAPTER OF ABU LAHEB . (CXI. Mecca.)

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THE CHAPTER OF ABU LAHEB 2.

(CXI. Mecca.)

IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Abu Laheb's two hands shall perish, and he shall perish! - 344 -
His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned!
He shall broil in a fire that flames 1, and his wife carrying faggots! - [5] on her neck a cord of palm fibres.

 




p. 343
2 See Introduction, p. xxviii. Abu Laheb, 'the father of the flame,' p. 344 was the nickname of 'Abd el 'Huzzâ, uncle of Mohammed, and a bitter opponent of Islam.



p. 344
1 A pun upon his name.



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