Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Chapter 111, 5 verses
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
Was nützt ihm sein Besitz und das, was er erworben hat?
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
Er wird einem Feuer voller Flammen ausgesetzt sein
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
und (auch) seine Frau, die Brennholzträgerin.
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
Um ihrem Hals ist ein Strick aus Palmfasern.
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ