Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Chapter 111, 5 verses
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Tabbat yada abee lahabin watabba
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Ma aghna AAanhu maluhu wama kasaba
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Sayasla naran thata lahabin
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Waimraatuhu hammalata alhatabi
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Fee jeediha hablun min masadin
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.