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