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Surah al-Masad ayah 4

Arabic text

Wa imra'atuhu hammalat al-hatab

And his wife, the carrier of firewood

The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah:

We are told that [his wife] Umm Jamil used to carry thorns and sharp wood and place them in the Prophet's path (though it is thought that the phrase 'the carrier of firewood' in the surah is used only metaphorically to indicate her lies and malice about him).