在先知穆罕默德ﷺ首次公开宣讲伊斯兰教之后的那些时刻，他自己的叔叔艾布·莱哈卜讥讽并斥责他。为了替他辩护，真主随即降示：“愿艾卜·拉哈布的双手毁灭，他也必将毁灭。他的财产和他所获得的，都不能使他免于刑罚。他将入烈焰之火中。”{271} 令人惊讶的是，在艾布·莱哈卜此后的九年生命里，尽管他屡次听到这些经文的诵读，他的傲慢却使他无法把这些经文当作否定《古兰经》的机会。即便艾布·莱哈卜只是表面皈依，这也足以严重动摇这段启示的真实性。当然，降示此经的那一位，早就知道艾布·莱哈卜绝不会这样做。

In the moments following the Prophet Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه وسلم first public call to Islam, his own uncle, Abū Lahab, scoffed at and chastised him. In his defense, God immediately revealed, “May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he. His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained. He will burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame.”271 It is astonishing that for the next nine years of Abū Lahab’s life, despite hearing these verses being recited, his pride prevented him from taking them as an opportunity to discredit the Qur’an. Had Abū Lahab simply converted, even disingenuously, that would have brought into serious question the truth of this Revelation. Of course, He Who revealed this knew Abū Lahab would never do so.