Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Wenn der Himmel sich spaltet
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انشقت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und auf seinen Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für ihn -,
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And when the earth is stretched,
und wenn die Erde ausgedehnt wird
وإذا الأرض مدت
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
und herauswirft, was in ihr ist, und sich entleert
وألقت ما فيها وتخلت
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und auf ihren Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für sie ...
وأذنت لربها وحقت
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
O du Mensch, du mühst dich hart zu deinem Herrn hin, und so wirst du Ihm begegnen.
يا أيها الإنسان إنك كادح إلى ربك كدحا فملاقيه
O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Was nun jemanden angeht, dem dann sein Buch in seine Rechte gegeben wird.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
der wird einer leichten Abrechnung unterzogen,
فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
und er wird erfreut zu seinen Angehörigen zurückkehren.
وينقلب إلى أهله مسرورا
And will return to his family in joy!
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch hinter seinem Rücken gegeben wird,
وأما من أوتي كتابه وراء ظهره
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
He shall call for perdition,
der wird nach Vernichtung rufen
فسوف يدعو ثبورا
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
And enter into burning fire.
und der Feuerglut ausgesetzt sein.
ويصلى سعيرا
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Er war ja froh inmitten seiner Angehörigen.
إنه كان في أهله مسرورا
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.
إنه ظن أن لن يحور
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Ja doch! Gewiß, sein Herr sieht ihn wohl.
بلى إن ربه كان به بصيرا
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot
فلا أقسم بالشفق
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
And the night and that which it drives on,
und der Nacht und dem, was sie zusammentreibt,
والليل وما وسق
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And the moon when it grows full,
und dem Mond, wenn er voll geworden ist.
والقمر إذا اتسق
And by the moon when it is at the full.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Ihr werdet eine Schicht nach der anderen besteigen.
لتركبن طبقا عن طبق
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben
فما لهم لا يؤمنون
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
und, wenn ihnen der Qur'an vorgelesen wird, sich nicht niederwerfen?
وإذا قرئ عليهم القرآن لا يسجدون ۩
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.
بل الذين كفروا يكذبون
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
And Allah knows best what they hide,
Doch Allah weiß sehr wohl, was sie (in ihren Herzen) für sich behalten.
والله أعلم بما يوعون
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So verkünde ihnen schmerzhafte Strafe,
فبشرهم بعذاب أليم
So announce to them a painful torment.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
außer denjenigen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Werke tun; für sie wird es einen Lohn geben, der nicht aufhört.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).