Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Das Verhängnis!
What is the Calamity ?
What is the striking (Hour)?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
He will live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Raging Fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.