In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nein! Ich schwöre bei der Seele, die sich selbst tadelt.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß Wir seine Knochen nicht zusammenfügen werden?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Ja doch! (Wir) haben die Macht dazu, seine Fingerspitzen zurechtzuformen.
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Aber nein! Der Mensch will (fortdauernd) vor sich hin lasterhaft sein.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Er fragt: "Wann wird bloß der Tag der Auferstehung sein?"
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
But when sight is confounded
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Wenn dann der Blick verwirrt ist
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon is eclipsed
And the moon becomes dark,
und der Mond sich verfinstert
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And sun and moon are united,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
und Sonne und Mond zusammengebracht werden,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
wird der Mensch an jenem Tag sagen: "Wohin soll die Flucht sein?"
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Alas! No refuge!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Keineswegs! (Es gibt) keine Zuflucht.
By no means! No place of safety!
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag der Weg zum Aufenthaltsort (führen).
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Dem Menschen wird an jenem Tag kundgetan, was er vorausgeschickt und zurückgestellt hat.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Aber nein! Der Mensch wird bezüglich seiner selbst durchblicken,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Although he tender his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
auch wenn er seine Entschuldigungen vorbrächte .
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Bewege deine Zunge nicht damit, um ihn übereilt weiterzugeben.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Uns obliegt es, ihn zusammenzustellen und ihn vorlesen zu lassen.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Und (erst) wenn Wir ihn vorgelesen haben, dann folge du der Art seines Vortragens".
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Hierauf obliegt es Uns, ihn klar darzulegen.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Nay! But you love the present life,
Keineswegs! Vielmehr liebt ihr das schnell Eintreffende,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
und laßt das Jenseits (außer acht).
And leave alone the Hereafter.
That day will faces be resplendent,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag strahlen,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking toward their Lord;
Looking to their Lord.
zu ihrem Herrn schauen.
Looking towards their Lord;
And that day will other faces be despondent,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Und (die anderen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag finster sein;
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
die meinen, es würde ihnen das Rückgrat gebrochen.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Keineswegs! Wenn sie das Schlüsselbein erreicht
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
und gesagt wird: "Wer ist ein Zauberer (, der ihn retten kann)?",
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
und wenn er meint, daß es (jetzt) die Trennung sei,
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And agony is heaped on agony;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
und wenn (bei ihm) sich das eine Bein um das andere legt,
And one leg will be joined with another:
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag das Treiben sein.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Doch hielt er nicht (die Botschaft) für wahr noch betete er,
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But he denied and flouted.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
sondern er erklärte (sie) für Lüge, und er kehrte sich ab.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Hierauf ging er zu seinen Angehörigen, stolzierend.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
- "Wehe dir, ja wehe!
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Abermals: Wehe dir, ja wehe!"
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß er außer acht gelassen wird?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Ist er nicht ein Tropfen von Samenflüssigkeit, die ausgespritzt wird,
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
hierauf ein Anhängsel gewesen? Da hat Er erschaffen und zurechtgeformt
Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
und dann daraus beide Teile des Paares gemacht, das Männliche und das Weibliche.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Hat dieser (Gott) nicht die Macht, die Toten wieder lebendig zu machen?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?