Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
Das Verhängnis!
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
Was ist das Verhängnis?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.