Abū Lahab

Abu Lahab (Arabic: أبو لهب, Abū Lahab DMG, Father of the flame '; † 624) was an uncle and implacable enemy of the Prophet Mohammed. He and his wife are in the Quran Surah 111 - among others - also bears his name, damn it. His full name was' Abd al-' Uzza ibn' Abd al - Muttalib / عبد العزى بن عبد المطلب / ʿ Abd al - ʿ Uzza b. ʿ Abd al - Muttalib.

Life and Family

Abu Lahab was a son of Abd al - Muttalib and one of the leaders of the Quraysh. The traditions describe him as a tall, corpulent man who easily inflamed to anger.

The mother of Abu Lahab said Lubna bint Harith al - Umm Jamil bint His wife's name was Harb b. Umayya and harbored a violent antipathy against the Prophet. She gave birth to Abu Lahab three sons. Umm Jamil was alluding to Koran 111:4 nicknamed " the wood wearer " Two of these sons Utba ibn Abu Lahab and Abu Lahab Utayba am, had in the meantime with two daughters of Muhammad, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, married

The Koran Sura

Abu Lahab was one of two contemporaries of Muhammad, who are mentioned by name in the Koran. It is considered to be no doubt that Abu Lahab was attacked in the history of this sura Mohammed often. Theodor Nöldeke outlines the background of this sura as follows:

The sura opens with similar words as the curse from the lips of Abu Lahab:

Death

Abu Lahab became ill with smallpox. He died in 624 AD, two years after the Hijra, shortly after the news reached him of the defeat of the Meccans in the Battle of Badr. In a tradition it is said: " Abu Lahab lived after this incident only seven days, then God killed him by poisonous leaves. "