May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
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.
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
Was nützt ihm sein Besitz und das, was er erworben hat?
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
Er wird einem Feuer voller Flammen ausgesetzt sein
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
und (auch) seine Frau, die Brennholzträgerin.
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
Um ihrem Hals ist ein Strick aus Palmfasern.
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!