111. The Flame (or Palm-Fiber)

111. The Flame
(or Palm-Fiber)

THESE 5 VERY early Meccan verses were revealed shortly after The Opening 1 and before Extinguished! (OR Wrapping Things Up) 81. The mood is graphic as Muhammad's fanatic and "unreconstructed" uncle Abd-al-UzzA is denounced, and thus nicknamed for ever.

In the name of God, the Mercy-giving, the Merciful!

May Abo-Lahab's both hands waste away
and may he waste away [as well]!
* His wealth and what he's earned
will never profit him:
* he'll roast in a fire with a flame;
* while his wife who carries kindling around
** will have a palm-fiber rope
around her neck.

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111. The Flame(or Palm-Fiber)

111. The Flame
(or Palm-Fiber)