The Father of the Flame: A Tafsir of Surat al-Lahab [Surah 111]

[@ahmadfaridzafari61]

jazakallah khair..

[@irfand4]

حمالة : carrier (feminine) حطب wood. جِيدٌ : a beautiful and slender neck حَبلٌ : rope مسد : a tightly twisted rope made from palm fibre .

[@humanbeing1044]

Thank you for this even after 2 years it is useful for me now

[@AlKawtharAcademy]

Below are some of the timecodes and topics relating to this talk: 8:50 - Why did ʿAbdul ʿUzzah have the kunya Abū Lahab? 16:37 - Why was Abū Lahab mentioned by name in this sūrah? 23:59 - How would the Quraysh would make a emergency public address? 33:31 - Understanding the tribal system amongst the Arabs 43:40 - Who was Banū Hāshim? 53:59 - The disgraceful death of Abū Lahab. 1:07:37 - Why is Abū Lahabs wife referred to as a wood carrier? 1:16:12 - All the children of ʾAbdul Manāf were poets except?

[@irfand4]

حطب wood. Hatab is used figuratively to refer to slander, calumny and gossip. All can ignite fitnah and strife. Umm Jameel, from a rich family, was a famous tale carrier and went around sowing discord - hence carrier of wood.

[@irfand4]

Perish the hands of Abu Lahab is an Arab way of saying may Abu Lahab perish. A part of the body is used to refer to entire person. Akin to the English way of asking someone's "hand" in marriage. تبا : damn or perish. وَتَبْ at the end means "and he is perished". This is not a simple repitition. The first تَبْ is a damnation and a curse upon Abu Lahab. The second تَبْ signifies that he is indeed perished. The ayah means "May Abu Lahab perish and in fact he has perished" coz once Allah damns a person then he is for sure damned. اغنى : to avail or to be of use ( from the root غ ن ي ) مال : wealth and assets. كسب : to earn or to acquire.

[@irfand4]

يَصْلَى to burn or to roast. from the root ص ل ي (to burn). صَلَّى from the root ص ل و means to pray. نار ذات لهب : Fire of [blazing] flame. A play on his name. The mataphor means "a fire which is raging and blazing" or a "fire full of flames".

[@muhammadjawadkhan1297]

how old was the prophet(sws) when he got his first Revelation