Al-Masad

May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined! May he be ruined too!

تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

tabbat yadā abī lahabin watabba

Neither his wealth nor his gains will help him:

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ

mā aghnā ʿanhu māluhu wamā kasaba

he will burn in the Flaming Fire––

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

sayaṣlā nāran dhāta lahabin

and so will his wife, the firewood-carrier,

وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ

wa-im'ra-atuhu ḥammālata l-ḥaṭabi

with a palm-fibre rope around her neck.

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ

fī jīdihā ḥablun min masadin