In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nein! Ich schwöre bei der Seele, die sich selbst tadelt.
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß Wir seine Knochen nicht zusammenfügen werden?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Ja doch! (Wir) haben die Macht dazu, seine Fingerspitzen zurechtzuformen.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
But man would fain deny what is before him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
Aber nein! Der Mensch will (fortdauernd) vor sich hin lasterhaft sein.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Er fragt: "Wann wird bloß der Tag der Auferstehung sein?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
But when sight is confounded
So when vision is dazzled
Wenn dann der Blick verwirrt ist
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon is eclipsed
And the moon darkens
und der Mond sich verfinstert
And the moon becomes dark,
And sun and moon are united,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
und Sonne und Mond zusammengebracht werden,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
wird der Mensch an jenem Tag sagen: "Wohin soll die Flucht sein?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Alas! No refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
Keineswegs! (Es gibt) keine Zuflucht.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag der Weg zum Aufenthaltsort (führen).
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Dem Menschen wird an jenem Tag kundgetan, was er vorausgeschickt und zurückgestellt hat.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Aber nein! Der Mensch wird bezüglich seiner selbst durchblicken,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Although he tender his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
auch wenn er seine Entschuldigungen vorbrächte .
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Bewege deine Zunge nicht damit, um ihn übereilt weiterzugeben.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Uns obliegt es, ihn zusammenzustellen und ihn vorlesen zu lassen.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Und (erst) wenn Wir ihn vorgelesen haben, dann folge du der Art seines Vortragens".
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Hierauf obliegt es Uns, ihn klar darzulegen.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
No! But you love the immediate
Keineswegs! Vielmehr liebt ihr das schnell Eintreffende,
Nay! But you love the present life,
And neglect the Hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
und laßt das Jenseits (außer acht).
And neglect the hereafter.
That day will faces be resplendent,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag strahlen,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking toward their Lord;
Looking at their Lord.
zu ihrem Herrn schauen.
Looking to their Lord.
And that day will other faces be despondent,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Und (die anderen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag finster sein;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
die meinen, es würde ihnen das Rückgrat gebrochen.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Keineswegs! Wenn sie das Schlüsselbein erreicht
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
und gesagt wird: "Wer ist ein Zauberer (, der ihn retten kann)?",
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
und wenn er meint, daß es (jetzt) die Trennung sei,
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And agony is heaped on agony;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
und wenn (bei ihm) sich das eine Bein um das andere legt,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag das Treiben sein.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Doch hielt er nicht (die Botschaft) für wahr noch betete er,
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
But he denied and flouted.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
sondern er erklärte (sie) für Lüge, und er kehrte sich ab.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Then went he to his folk with glee.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Hierauf ging er zu seinen Angehörigen, stolzierend.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
- "Wehe dir, ja wehe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Then woe to you, and woe!
Abermals: Wehe dir, ja wehe!"
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß er außer acht gelassen wird?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Ist er nicht ein Tropfen von Samenflüssigkeit, die ausgespritzt wird,
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
hierauf ein Anhängsel gewesen? Da hat Er erschaffen und zurechtgeformt
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
und dann daraus beide Teile des Paares gemacht, das Männliche und das Weibliche.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Hat dieser (Gott) nicht die Macht, die Toten wieder lebendig zu machen?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?