Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
Das Verhängnis!
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
ما القارعة
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فهو في عيشة راضية
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
وأما من خفت موازينه
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
فأمه هاوية
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
وما أدراك ما هيه
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
نار حامية
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.