Tab bat yadaa abee Lahabinw-wa tabb
DOOMED are the hands of him of the glowing countence: and doomed is he!

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Tab bat yadaa abee Lahabinw-wa tabb
DOOMED are the hands of him of the glowing countence: and doomed is he!
Maa aghna 'anhu maaluhu wa ma kasab
What will his wealth avail him, and all that he has gained?
Sa yas laa naran zaata lahab
[In the life to come] he shall have to endure a fire fiercely glowing;
Wam ra-atuh hamma latal-hatab
together with his wife, that carrier of evil tales,
Fee jeediha hab lum mim-masad
[who bears] around her neck a rope of twisted strands!
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍۢ وَتَبَّ
DOOMED are the hands of him of the glowing countence: and doomed is he!
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ
What will his wealth avail him, and all that he has gained?
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًۭا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۢ
[In the life to come] he shall have to endure a fire fiercely glowing;
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ
together with his wife, that carrier of evil tales,
فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ
[who bears] around her neck a rope of twisted strands!