Surah Al-Masad

1. سُورَةُ المسد

The surah shows that wealth and status cannot save a person who knowingly opposes the truth.

It is a Makki surah with 5 ayahs.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

2. تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ﴿١﴾

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.

• تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ ﴿١﴾

3. مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ﴿٢﴾

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

• مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ﴿٢﴾

4. سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ ﴿٣﴾

He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

• سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ ﴿٣﴾

5. وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ﴿٤﴾

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.

• وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ﴿٤﴾

6. فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ﴿٥﴾

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

• فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ﴿٥﴾

7. Summary

The surah shows that wealth and status cannot save a person who knowingly opposes the truth.