Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
Das Verhängnis!
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.