Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | DOOMED are the hands of him of the glowing countence: and doomed is he |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he | |
Shakir | | Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, may he be ruined | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Ruined were the hands of Abu Lahab and he was ruined. | |
| T.B.Irving | | May Abo-Lahab´s both hands waste away and may he waste away [as well]! | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and he ˹himself˺ perish! | |
| Safi Kaskas | | Doomed are the hands of Abu Lahab, and he is doomed too. | |
| Abdul Hye | | Perish the 2 hands of Abu Lahab (uncle of the prophet) and perish him! | |
| The Study Quran | | May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and may he perish | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | Condemned is the hand of Abu-Lahab; condemned indeed | |
Abdel Haleem | | May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined! May he be ruined too | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he | |
Ahmed Ali | | DESTROYED WILL BE the hands of Abu Lahab, and he himself will perish | |
Aisha Bewley | | Ruin to the hands of Abu Lahab and ruin to him! | |
Ali Ünal | | May both hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and are ruined are they | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Perish shall the hands of The Father of Flame, and he shall perish | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Would the hands of Abu Lahab be cut up, (i.e., perish) and would he be cut up (too) | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | May the hands of Abu Lahab perish | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | Perished is the power of Abi Lahab, and perished is he | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | Perish the hands of the Father of Flame (Abu’-Lahab)! Perish he | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he | |
Farook Malik | | Perish the hands of Abu Lahab! And perish he | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | May the hands of Abu Lahab _ (an uncle of the Prophet) _ perish; and so may he | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Broke up the two hands of Abu Lahab [Father of the flame (of opposition; or the most furious opponent of Islam)] and he broke up (completely) | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | Condemned are the hands of Abee Lahab, and he is condemned | |
Maududi | | Destroyed were the hands of Abu Lahab, and he lay utterly doomed | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | May Abu Lahab's both hands perish (or may Abu Lahab's power perish), and it perished | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | May the hands of the father of the flame perish, and may he perish | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | Abu Lahab’s hands are broken, he’s ruined. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | Condemned are the hands of the fire maker; condemned | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | Abu Lahab's hands are perished; and he too | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | The power of Abu Lahab will soon be destroyed and his hands cutoff | |
| Faridul Haque | | May both the hands of Abu Lahab be destroyed – and they are destroyed | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Perish the hands of AbiLahab, and perish he | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Abu Lahab’s hands will perish and he will perish | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | Father of the flame of a smokeless fire's (known as Prophet Mohammad's uncle) hand was destroyed/lost, and destroyed/lost | |
Sher Ali | | Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he | |
Rashad Khalifa | | Condemned are the works of Abee Lahab, and he is condemned | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Perished be the two hands of Aby-Lahab and he is already perished. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | Let the two hands of Abu 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 | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | Perished be the two hands of Abu Lahab and be he perished himself (he has pointed his finger to Our Beloved) | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | Perish the two hands of Aboo Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and perish he | |
