Chapter 102, 8 verses
Abundance diverts you,
Die Vermehrung lenkt euch ab,
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Until you come to the graves.
bis ihr die Friedhöfe besucht.
Until you visit the graveyards.
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
Nay! you shall soon know,
Keineswegs! Ihr werdet (es noch) erfahren.
No! You are going to know.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
Abermals: Keineswegs! Ihr werdet (es noch) erfahren.
Then no! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Keineswegs! Wenn ihr es nur mit dem Wissen der Gewißheit wüßtet!
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
You should most certainly have seen the hell;
Ihr werdet ganz gewiß den Höllenbrand sehen.
You will surely see the Hellfire.
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ
Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;
Abermals: Ihr werdet ihn mit dem Auge der Gewißheit sehen.
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the boons.
Hierauf werdet ihr an jenem Tag ganz gewiß nach der Wonne gefragt werden.
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ