Umm Jamil

Umm Jamīl (Arabic: ), full name Arwā bint Ḥarb (Arabic: ), was an aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the wife of Abu Lahab. She is usually remembered for opposing Islam and the prophet, and was condemned in surah Al-Masad of the Quran.

2 quotes found

"We reject the reprobate, His words we repudiate, His religion we loathe and hate."

- Umm Jamil

• 0 likes• Arabic poets• Women authors•
"Abu Lahab stood up and shouted angrily, "Perish you, Mohammad! Did you invite us here for this?" The answer to Abu Lahab's challenge came in verse 1 of sura 111 (ol-Masad), in which the same Arabic word meaning "perish" appears: "Perish Abu Lahab's hands, and may he (himself) perish!" ... Nor would his wife, Omm Jomayyel, who had strewn thorns in the Prophet's path, be left unpunished: "And his wife, the carrier of the firewood sticks, will have a rope of palm fiber on her neck.""