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