1. Perished be the two hands of Abu Lahab and be he perished himself (he has pointed his finger to Our Beloved)!

2. Neither His (inherited) wealth nor his earned riches have given him any benefit.

3. Soon he will tumble into the Flaming Fire,

4. And his (damned, wretched) wife (too) who carries (on her head) the burden of (thorny) twigs (and spreads them in the way of Our Beloved, to injure the holy soles of his feet).

5. Around her neck will be (the same) palm-fibre rope (she uses to bind the bunch of thorny twigs).