The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 569
PT. 30 سُورَةُ اللَّهَبِ مَكّيَّةُ ١١١ ركوعها (AL-LAHAB) 7 CH. 111 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2. "Perish the two hands of Abū Lahab, and perish he!4863 "See 1:1. 108:4. 4863. Important Words: oly (two hands), is the dual form of which among other things means, power, influence; assistance, help, protection; troops, host, possession; wealth (Lane). See also army; name- بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّن -the tribes of Lawwi, Murra, Kilāb and Quṣṣayy, and his near relatives, and told them that he was God's Messenger, and that if they did not accept his Message and did not give up their evil ways, Divine punishment would overtake them. ✪ (perish) means, he suffered loss; The Holy Prophet had hardly finished he became lost; he perished; he died. his speech, when Abū Lahab stood up 5:65, & 38:46. i. e. ruin تبالك ألهذا جمعتنا هذا اليوم ,tabbun) are all and said) تب and تبيب, تباب infinitive nouns meaning, loss; death; destruction; perdition. They say a i. e. may he perish; may perdition be his lot. also means, may he perish (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: ✓ (Father of Flame) was the nick name of 'Abdul-‘Uzzā, the Holy Prophet's uncle and his inveterate enemy and persecutor. He was so called either because his complexion and hair were ruddy or because he had a fiery temper. The Surah recalls an incident during the early preachings of the Holy Prophet. On being informed by God to call together his relatives and to deliver to them the Divine Message the Holy Prophet stood on the Mount Șafa and called the different Meccan tribes by seize thee, is it for this that thou hast called us together (Bukhārī). The sobriquet "Father of Flame" may either refer to the Holy Prophet's uncle or to any hot tempered enemy of Islam or better still it may apply to the western powers of the latter days who own and control atomic and nuclear weapons-one group of them repudiating God altogether, and the other denying His Unity but both being equally opposed to Islam. In this sense "the two hands" would signify these two groups. 3465 The verse purports to say that all endeavours and machinations of the enemies of Islam, particularly of the two groups of western powers and their satellites, would utterly fail and all their nefarious designs would recoil on their own heads; they would