May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
Chapter 111, 5 verses
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Was nützt ihm sein Besitz und das, was er erworben hat?
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Er wird einem Feuer voller Flammen ausgesetzt sein
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
und (auch) seine Frau, die Brennholzträgerin.
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Um ihrem Hals ist ein Strick aus Palmfasern.