Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
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!
Zugrunde gehen sollen die Hände Abu Lahabs, und zugrunde gehen soll er (selbst)!
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!
Was nützt ihm sein Besitz und das, was er erworben hat?
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!
Er wird einem Feuer voller Flammen ausgesetzt sein
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
und (auch) seine Frau, die Brennholzträgerin.
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Um ihrem Hals ist ein Strick aus Palmfasern.
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ