Al-Masad المسد

Makki · 5 ayat · 5 with pondering

• Ayah 1He threw 'Ruin to you' at the most truthful man in Makkah, and the word came back to land on his own hands.
• Ayah 2He planned to buy his way out with money and sons, and the ayah answers in the past tense: the receipt came back empty.
• Ayah 3They called him Father of Flame for his glowing face, and the ayah takes the name he was proud of and shows where it leads.
• Ayah 4She had rank, wealth and a famous family, and spent her nights carrying thorns to the path of the man she hated.
• Ayah 5The neck made for a necklace wears a rough rope instead: what she spent her pride on becomes what binds her.