Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Chapter 111, 5 verses
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ