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