Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Wonach fragen sie sich?
Concerning what are they disputing?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,
Concerning the Great News,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
über die sie sich uneinig sind.
About which they cannot agree.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
Nay, but they will come to know!
Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Verily, verily they shall soon (come 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 as a wide expanse,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the high hills bulwarks ?
und die Berge zu Pfählen?
And the mountains as pegs?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We have created you in pairs,
Und Wir haben euch als Paare erschaffen.
And (have We not) 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 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 a covering,
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Und Wir haben über euch sieben feste (Himmel) aufgebaut.
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
Und Wir haben einen hell glühenden Leuchtkörper gemacht.
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
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 do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
um damit Korn und Gewächse hervorzubringen
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of thick foliage.
und dichtbestandene Gärten.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Gewiß, der Tag der Entscheidung ist eine festgesetzte Zeit,
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
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 that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
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 heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
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 shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Gewiß, die Hölle ist ein Hinterhalt,
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
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 destination:
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
They will abide therein for ages.
lange Zeiten darin zu verweilen;
They will dwell therein for ages.
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
sie werden darin weder Kühlung noch Getränk kosten,
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
außer heißem Wasser und stinkender Brühe,
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
als angemessene Vergeltung.
A fitting recompense (for them).
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Sie erwarteten ja niemals eine Abrechnung
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
und erklärten Unsere Zeichen hartnäckig für Lüge.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Doch alles haben Wir schriftlich erfaßt.
And all things have We preserved on record.
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 ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gewiß, für die Gottesfürchtigen wird es einen Ort des Erfolgs geben,
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
umfriedete Gärten und Rebstöcke
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And maidens for companions,
und prächtige, gleichaltrige (weibliche Wesen)
And voluptuous women of equal age;
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
und ein (stets) voller Becher.
And a cup full (to the brim).
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Weder hören sie darin unbedachte Rede noch Lüge.
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(Dies) als Belohnung von deinem Herrn, als hinreichende Gabe,
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
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 all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
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 forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.
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 Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
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!"
Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا