Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Das Verhängnis!
The terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He shall live a pleasant life.
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.