Surah 111. Al-Lahab, Ayah 5
| فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ |
| Transliteration | : | fe jed -haa h.abl min masad |
| Pickthall | : | Will have upon her neck a halter of palm fibre. |
| Asad | : | [who bears] around her neck a rope of twisted strands!4 |
| Malik | : | shall have a rope of palm-leaf fibre around her neck. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck! |
Note - 4The term masad signifies anything that consists of
twisted strands, irrespective of the material (Qamus,
Mughni, Lisan al-'Arab). In the abstract sense in which
it is evidently used here, the above phrase seems to have
a double connotation: it alludes to the woman's twisted,
warped nature, as well as to the spiritual truth that
"every human being's destiny is tied to his neck" (see
17:13 and, in particular, the corresponding note [17])
- which, together with verse {2}, reveals the general,
timeless purport of this surah.
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The term masad signifies anything that consists of twisted strands, irrespective of the material (Qamus, Mughni, Lisan al-'Arab). In the abstract sense in which it is evidently used here, the above phrase seems to have a double connotation: it alludes to the woman's twisted, warped nature, as well as to the spiritual truth that "every human being's destiny is tied to his neck" (see 17:13 and, in particular, the corresponding note [17]) - which, together with verse {2}, reveals the general, timeless purport of this surah. |
