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111:1
تبت يدا ابي لهب وتب ١
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍۢ وَتَبَّ ١
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May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and he ˹himself˺ perish!
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لهب
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
Kufah
Abū ʿAmr
Basrah
al-Kisāʾī
Kufah
Yaʿqūb
Basrah
ʿĀṣim
Kufah
Readings
أَبِي لَهَبٍ
Abī lahabin
أَبِي لَهْبٍ
Abī lahbin
“Abu Lahab (the Father of Flame)”

Explanation

These readings represent linguistic options in this noun and are identical in meaning [Makki]. NB: all readers agree on lahab in ayah 3.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran