By the one who is denoted by the name Allah (who created my being with His Names in accord with the meaning of the letter ‘B’), the Rahman, the Rahim.

1. May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined... And ruined he is!

2. Neither his wealth nor his earnings availed him!

3. He will be subject to a blazing Fire!

4. His wife as well... As a wood-carrier!

5. With a rope of palm-fiber around her neck!