Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
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!
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Was nützt ihm sein Besitz und das, was er erworben hat?
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Er wird einem Feuer voller Flammen ausgesetzt sein
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
und (auch) seine Frau, die Brennholzträgerin.
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Um ihrem Hals ist ein Strick aus Palmfasern.
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.