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Ahmed Raza Khan
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
Transliteration
Wahiduddin Khan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
111:1
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
111:1
May both the hands of Abu Lahab be destroyed – and they are destroyed! - Ahmed Raza Khan (English)
111:2
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
111:2
His wealth did not benefit him in the least, nor did whatever he earned. - Ahmed Raza Khan (English)
111:3
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
111:3
He will soon enter the flaming fire. - Ahmed Raza Khan (English)
111:4
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
111:4
And so will his wife; carrying a bundle of firewood on her head. - Ahmed Raza Khan (English)
111:5
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
111:5
A rope made from palm fibre around her neck! - Ahmed Raza Khan (English)