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