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