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