Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Wenn der Himmel sich spaltet
When the sky has split [open]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und auf seinen Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für ihn -,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And when the earth is stretched,
und wenn die Erde ausgedehnt wird
And when the earth has been extended
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
und herauswirft, was in ihr ist, und sich entleert
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und auf ihren Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für sie ...
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to 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.
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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.
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
der wird einer leichten Abrechnung unterzogen,
He will be judged with an easy account
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
und er wird erfreut zu seinen Angehörigen zurückkehren.
And return to his people in happiness.
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch hinter seinem Rücken gegeben wird,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
He shall call for perdition,
der wird nach Vernichtung rufen
He will cry out for destruction
And enter into burning fire.
und der Feuerglut ausgesetzt sein.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Er war ja froh inmitten seiner Angehörigen.
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Ja doch! Gewiß, sein Herr sieht ihn wohl.
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot
So I swear by the twilight glow
And the night and that which it drives on,
und der Nacht und dem, was sie zusammentreibt,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And the moon when it grows full,
und dem Mond, wenn er voll geworden ist.
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Ihr werdet eine Schicht nach der anderen besteigen.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
und, wenn ihnen der Qur'an vorgelesen wird, sich nicht niederwerfen?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.
But those who have disbelieved deny,
And Allah knows best what they hide,
Doch Allah weiß sehr wohl, was sie (in ihren Herzen) für sich behalten.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So verkünde ihnen schmerzhafte Strafe,
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
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.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.