Al-Masad 111:4
The Palm Fiber · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 603
Carrier of Firewood
وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ ٤
And his wife, the wood-carrier.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And his wife, the carrier of firewood.
Insight
Elmalılı relates that his wife was Umm Jamil, daughter of Harb and sister of Abu Sufyan. She too will enter that fire with Abu Lahab.
Reflect
Support one another in good, not in evil.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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