Thorns (Al-Masad)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Destroyed were the hands of Abu Lahab, and he lay utterly doomed. 1 His wealth did not avail him, nor his acquisitions. 2 Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame! 3 And so will his wife; carrying a bundle of firewood on her head. 4 A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck! 5