Does the revelation of the verse "May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he" contradict the later saying: "O Allah, strengthen Islam with the more beloved of these two men to You"?
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There is no contradiction between the verse revealed concerning Abu Lahab and the that calls for the conversion of Umar ibn al-Khattab or Abu Jahl, because the verse and the hadith do not address the same person.
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