Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Das Verhängnis!
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
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 balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.