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