Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet) and perish he!
Chapter 111, 5 verses
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet) and perish he!
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
ما أغنى عنه ماله وما كسب
His wealth and his children will not benefit him!
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
سيصلى نارا ذات لهب
He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames!
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
وامرأته حمالة الحطب
And his wife, too, who carries wood (thorns of Sa'dan which she used to put on the way of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, or use to slander him).
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
في جيدها حبل من مسد
In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).