"Ali Dashti also considers sura 111 as the words of Muhammad on the grounds that these words are unworthy of God: "It ill becomes the Sustainer of the Universe to curse an ignorant Arab and call his wife a firewood carrier." The short sura refers to Abu Lahab, the Prophet's uncle, who was one of Muhammad's bitterest opponents: "The hands of Abu Lahab shall perish, and he shall perish. His riches shall not profit him, neither that which he has gained. He shall go down to be burned into flaming fire, and his wife also, bearing wood having on her neck a cord of twisted fibres of a palm tree." Either these are Muhammad's words or God is fond of rather feeble puns, since "Abu Lahab" means "father of flames.""
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Ibn Warraq: Why I Am Not a Muslim, ch. 5: "The Koran", p. 106
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abu_Lahab
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Abu Lahab
Abū Lahab (Arabic: ) (c. 549–624 CE), full name ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: ), was the Islamic prophet Muhammad's half paternal uncle, as well as the husband of Umm Jamil. He was one of the Meccan Qurayshi leaders who opposed Muhammad, and was condemned in surah Al-Masad of the Quran.
3 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Abu Lahab →
Related Quotes
"Perish you, Mohammad! Did you invite us here for this?"
"After preaching Islam in secret and among a small circle for some time, Mohammad ... summoned the Qoraysh chiefs to a…"
"Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil. No believer should subject himself to humiliation, for I will be with th…"
"Concern with this world is darkness in the heart, but concern with the Hereafter is light in the heart."
"Everything has something to undermine it, and every blessing has something to diminish it. The thing that undermines …"
"O people, the first day is difficult but if I live I shall deliver a proper speech."
"If our hearts were truly pure, we would never have our fill of the words of your Lord."
"No one does a good deed but Allah will make it show on him."
"Things may be achieved by means of authority that cannot be achieved by means of the Quran."
"No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue."