Translation of the meanings Ayah 4 Surah Al-Masad - English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 4

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ

and so will his wife^[2], the carrier of firewood,

[2] i.e., ’Um Jamīl, who used to throw thorny branches in the Prophet's way and she used to slander him (ﷺ). The word hatab (firewood) was used by the Arabs to allude to slander and backbiting.