Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Wonach fragen sie sich?
About what are they asking one another?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,
About the great news -
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
über die sie sich uneinig sind.
That over which they are in disagreement.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Nay, but they will come to know!
Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
No! They are going to know.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Then, no! They are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Haben Wir nicht die Erde zu einer Lagerstatt gemacht
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
und die Berge zu Pfählen?
And the mountains as stakes?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We have created you in pairs,
Und Wir haben euch als Paare erschaffen.
And We created you in pairs
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
Und Wir haben euren Schlaf zum Ausruhen gemacht.
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
Und Wir haben die Nacht zum Kleid gemacht.
And made the night as clothing
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.
And made the day for livelihood
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Und Wir haben über euch sieben feste (Himmel) aufgebaut.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
Und Wir haben einen hell glühenden Leuchtkörper gemacht.
And made [therein] a burning lamp
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Und Wir haben von den Regenwolken sich ergießendes Wasser herabkommen lassen,
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
um damit Korn und Gewächse hervorzubringen
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of thick foliage.
und dichtbestandene Gärten.
And gardens of entwined growth.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Gewiß, der Tag der Entscheidung ist eine festgesetzte Zeit,
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
der Tag, da ins Horn geblasen wird und ihr in Scharen herkommt
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
und da der Himmel geöffnet und dann zu Toren wird
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
und da die Berge versetzt und dann zu einer Luftspiegelung werden.
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Gewiß, die Hölle ist ein Hinterhalt,
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
A home for the rebellious.
für diejenigen, die das Maß (an Frevel) überschreiten, eine Heimstatt,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
lange Zeiten darin zu verweilen;
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
sie werden darin weder Kühlung noch Getränk kosten,
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
außer heißem Wasser und stinkender Brühe,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
als angemessene Vergeltung.
An appropriate recompense.
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Sie erwarteten ja niemals eine Abrechnung
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
und erklärten Unsere Zeichen hartnäckig für Lüge.
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Doch alles haben Wir schriftlich erfaßt.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
So kostet; Wir werden euch nur die Strafe mehren.
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gewiß, für die Gottesfürchtigen wird es einen Ort des Erfolgs geben,
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
umfriedete Gärten und Rebstöcke
Gardens and grapevines
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And maidens for companions,
und prächtige, gleichaltrige (weibliche Wesen)
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
und ein (stets) voller Becher.
And a full cup.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Weder hören sie darin unbedachte Rede noch Lüge.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(Dies) als Belohnung von deinem Herrn, als hinreichende Gabe,
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
dem Herrn der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist, dem Allerbarmer. Sie verfügen nicht darüber, vor Ihm zu reden,
[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
am Tag, da der Geist und die Engel in Reihe stehen. Sie werden nicht sprechen, außer wem der Allerbarmer es erlaubt und wer Richtiges sagt.
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
Das ist der wahrhaftig (eintreffend)e Tag. Wer nun will, nimmt zu seinem Herrn eine Heimkehr.
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
Wir warnen euch ja vor naher Strafe, am Tag, da der Mensch schauen wird, was seine Hände vorausgeschickt haben, und der Ungläubige sagen wird: "O wäre ich doch Erde!"
Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا