The Holy Quran 111:4 — Surah Al-Masad

Arabic text

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

Translation

...and his wife (Umme Jamil) as well. (Evil is) That woman (his wife) who carries firewood. (This refers to her evil act of collecting thorny branches to place on the path that Rasulullaah ﷺ frequented.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The end of Abu Lahab’s wife: Abu Lahab’s wife Umm Jamil, despite being wealthy, would, out of extreme miserliness and meanness, gather wood from the wilderness herself and bring it back, and throw thorns in the path of the Prophet ﷺ, so that the Prophet ﷺ and those coming to him would be hurt.

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