Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
Das Verhängnis!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
ما القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the striking (Hour)?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in a pleasant life.
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for one whose scales are light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!