Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Chapter 111, 5 verses
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
Ma aghna AAanhu maluhu wama kasaba
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
Sayasla naran thata lahabin
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
Waimraatuhu hammalata alhatabi
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
Fee jeediha hablun min masadin
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!