Meccan · 5 verses المسد

Al-Masad 111

Palm Fibre · ✓

111 / 114

How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it is directed against one named individual, Abu Lahab. The first verse declares, 'May the hands of Abu Lahab perish,' and adds that he has perished. The second states that neither his wealth nor what he has earned will benefit him. The third warns that he will burn in a Fire of blazing flame. The last two verses turn to his wife, who will share his fate; she is called 'the carrier of firewood', and around her neck, the text says, will be a rope of twisted fibre. The sura does not describe what Abu Lahab did; in five short verses it states the outcome for him and his wife, and the uselessness of wealth in the face of that outcome.

• Abu Lahab
• Wealth that does not avail
• Fire of blazing flame
• The carrier of firewood

The name It is named after the word masad in verse 5, the twisted fibre of the rope around his wife's neck, rendered in the title as 'Palm Fibre'.

Start with 111:1 · 111:2

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   تَبَّتْ탑바트 يَدَا야다 أَبِي아비 لَهَبٍ라하빈 وَتَبَّ와탑

   아부 라합의 두 손은 멸망하라. 그리고 그도 멸망하였다.

   May메이 the^ð더 hands핸즈 of어^v브 Abu애부 Lahab러해브 perish,페^r리시 and앤드 he히 has해즈 perished!페^r리시트

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2. 2

   مَا마 أَغْنَىٰ아그나 عَنْهُ안후 مَالُهُ말루후 وَمَا와마 كَسَبَ카삽

   그의 재산도 그가 얻은 것도 그에게 아무 소용이 없을 것이다.

   His히즈 wealth웰^θ스 will윌 not낫 avail어^v베일 him,힘 nor노 what왓 he히 has해즈 earned.얼느드

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3. 3

   سَيَصْلَىٰ사야슬라 نَارًا나^r란 ذَاتَ^ð다타 لَهَبٍ라합

   그는 활활 타오르는 불꽃 속에서 불탈 것이며,

   He히 will윌 burn번 in인 a어 Fire^f파이어 of어^v브 blazing블레이징 flame,^f플레임

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4. 4

   وَامْرَأَتُهُ왐^r라아투후 حَمَّالَةَ함말라탈 الْحَطَبِ하땁

   그의 아내도 그러하리니, 그녀는 땔감을 나르는 여자이다.

   and앤드 his히즈 wife와이^f프 too투 — the^ð더 carrier캐^r리어 of어^v브 firewood.^f파이어우드

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5. 5

   فِي^f피 جِيدِهَا지디하 حَبْلٌ하블룸 مِنْ밈 مَسَدٍ마사드

   그녀의 목에는 꼬아 만든 밧줄이 감겨 있을 것이다.

   Around어^r라운드 her허 neck넥 will윌 be비 a어 rope^r로우프 of어^v브 twisted트위스티드 fibre.^f파이버

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