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With
the Glorious Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate [Who has
bestowed upon mankind His Guidance {10:57-58, 17:82}], the
Most Beneficent
[Who showers His special blessings upon those who rehearse
it and abide by it {7:204, 6:155}].
Rahmaan
& Raheem
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111:1
[With
the help and triumph achieved with the Guidance of Allah{110:1}]
Perished is the power of Abi Lahab [and the substance, authority,
priesthood, and religious dogma that he epitomises] and doomed
is he to suffer loss, diminution and perdition.
111:2
All his wealth and exploits [for which he offered such a
stiff resistance to the Divine Order] will not avail him aught
against his demise
111:3
Soon will he be broiled in the blazing fire
111:4
And his wife [with all those whom she represents] who incited,
instigated, slandered and smear-campaigned [against the Divine
Order]
[Amra'at][Hamalat][Hatab]
111:5
Will have in her lofty neck, a [humiliating] halter {made
from (lowly) fibres which grow at the roots of the branches
of the palm-tree} [, with which, she will be dragged into
the hell-fire]"
[Jeed][Habl][Masad]
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The
real name of Abi Lahab was ABD AL-UZZA
ibn Abdulmuttalib. He was nicknamed as Abi Lahab
because of the radiant look he had on his face and his fiery
temper [Lahab means, “blazing fire”]. He succeeded Muhammad's
uncle, Abu Talib, as the head of Hashim tribe. Abu Talib protected
Muhammad [p.b.u.h] while he was alive, and Abu Lahab revoked
that protection.
Abu
Lahab was a symbol of exploitative human lordship, manipulative
priesthood & dogmatism and the system that is for making
easy money out of endeavours of the others. Quraish,
generally, were traders but Abu Lahab did not do any trade.
He was the custodian of Ka’ba. The new message propagated
by Muhammad [p.b.u.h] that “there is no ILAH except Allah”
would put an end to the income he generated and the exploitation
he did on the name of the idols kept in the Ka’aba at that
time. His profitable custodianship of Ka’aba and the manipulative
priesthood were both at stake. He was also a symbol of religious
dogma, which has always been the greatest obstacle in the
establishment of the Divine System. Moreover, he was one of
the tribal lords of Mecca. The message of the Revelation was
to snatch the power of control and manipulation from the hands
of tribal and religious lords and establish the Divine Order
of equality and justice. All these motives were more than
enough to make him the most ardent enemy of Allah’s message.
His demise referred in this Sura signifies not just his own
diminution and perdition but also of all that he stood for.
His wife represents all those who incited, instigated,
slandered and smear-campaigned against the Message of Allah.
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