Masad= Father of the Flame
Whatever Abu Lahab’s hands have established is destroyed! Neither his wealth nor his possessions will save him! He will be surrounded by a fierce blaze!
And his wife, who will feed the flame, will have strung around her neck a twisted fiber chain.
The story behind this Surah is that Abu Lahab – The uncle of the prophet Muhammad sallahu alayhi was sallam – made his nephew his enemy when the revelation was made public. He had his sons (who were married to Muhammad’s (saw) daughters) divorce their wives and drag them out of their houses by their hair! He also cursed the Prophet all the time. His Wife used to lay thorns outside then Prophets house so he would step on them when he left.
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