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| تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ {١} |
1. Let the two hands of Abû Lahab (the Prophet´s uncle, one of his most inveterate opponents and other fiery tempered enemies of Islam) perish, and let he himself (also) perish! |
| مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ {٢} |
2. His wealth and what he has accomplished shall avail him naught. |
| سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ {٣} |
3. He shall soon enter a Fire full of leaping flames (to burn others of his kind as well), |
| وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ {٤} |
4. And his wife too, the carrier of fire wood and bearer of slanders and calumnies (will also be enveloped in the flames); |
| فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ {٥} |
5. Having round her neck a halter of twisted strands. |
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