May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Chapter 111, 5 verses
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
ما أغنى عنه ماله وما كسب
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
سيصلى نارا ذات لهب
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
وامرأته حمالة الحطب
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
في جيدها حبل من مسد
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!