Chapter 84, 25 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Wenn der Himmel sich spaltet
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und auf seinen Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für ihn -,
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched,
und wenn die Erde ausgedehnt wird
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
und herauswirft, was in ihr ist, und sich entleert
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und auf ihren Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für sie ...
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
O du Mensch, du mühst dich hart zu deinem Herrn hin, und so wirst du Ihm begegnen.
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Was nun jemanden angeht, dem dann sein Buch in seine Rechte gegeben wird.
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
der wird einer leichten Abrechnung unterzogen,
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
und er wird erfreut zu seinen Angehörigen zurückkehren.
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch hinter seinem Rücken gegeben wird,
He surely will invoke destruction
He shall call for perdition,
der wird nach Vernichtung rufen
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And enter into burning fire.
und der Feuerglut ausgesetzt sein.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Er war ja froh inmitten seiner Angehörigen.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Ja doch! Gewiß, sein Herr sieht ihn wohl.
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the night and that which it drives on,
und der Nacht und dem, was sie zusammentreibt,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the moon when it grows full,
und dem Mond, wenn er voll geworden ist.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Ihr werdet eine Schicht nach der anderen besteigen.
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
und, wenn ihnen der Qur'an vorgelesen wird, sich nicht niederwerfen?
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
Doch Allah weiß sehr wohl, was sie (in ihren Herzen) für sich behalten.
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So verkünde ihnen schmerzhafte Strafe,
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
außer denjenigen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Werke tun; für sie wird es einen Lohn geben, der nicht aufhört.