Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Das Verhängnis!
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His refuge will be an abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what can make you know what that is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ