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