بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Chapter 111, 5 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
ما أغنى عنه ماله وما كسب
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Ma aghna AAanhu maluhu wama kasaba
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
سيصلى نارا ذات لهب
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Sayasla naran thata lahabin
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
وامرأته حمالة الحطب
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Waimraatuhu hammalata alhatabi
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
في جيدها حبل من مسد
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Fee jeediha hablun min masadin
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.