Chapter 79, 46 verses
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
Bei den mit Heftigkeit Entreißenden
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
und den leicht Herausziehenden
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And by those who float in space,
und den unbeschwert Dahingleitenden,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
den allem Vorauseilenden,
Then press forward as in a race,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Then those who regulate the affair.
den eine Angelegenheit Regelnden!
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Am Tag, da das Zittern einsetzt
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
und das nächste hinterherfolgt,
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
(gewisse) Herzen werden an jenem Tag beunruhigt klopfen,
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Their eyes cast down.
und ihre Blicke werden demütig sein.
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Sie sagen: "Sollen wir denn wirklich aus den Gräbern zurückgebracht werden?
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
What! when we are rotten bones?
Wenn wir zu verrotteten Knochen geworden sind?"
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Sie sagen: "Das wäre dann eine verlustreiche Wiederkehr."
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
But it shall be only a single cry,
Es wird nur ein einziger erschreckender Schrei sein,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
und sogleich sind sie auf der Oberfläche.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Ist zu dir die Geschichte Musas gekommen?
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Als sein Herr ihn im geheiligten Tal Tuwa rief:
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Geh zu Fir'aun, denn gewiß, er überschreitet das Maß (an Frevel).
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Dann sag: Hast du (nicht) den Wunsch, dich zu läutern,
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
und daß ich dich zu deinem Herrn rechtleite, so daß du gottesfürchtig wirst?"
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Da zeigte er ihm das größte Zeichen.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Er aber erklärte (es) für Lüge und widersetzte sich.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Then he went back hastily.
Hierauf kehrte er den Rücken und ging eilig weg'.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Da versammelte er (das Volk) und rief dann aus.
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Er sagte: "Ich bin euer höchster Herr."
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Da ergriff Allah ihn als warnendes Beispiel für das Jenseits und das Diesseits.
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Darin ist wahrlich eine Lehre für jemanden, der gottesfürchtig ist.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Seid etwa ihr schwerer zu erschaffen oder der Himmel? - Er hat ihn aufgebaut.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Er hat seinen höchsten Teil emporgehoben und ihn dann zurechtgeformt.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Und Er hat seine Nacht finster gemacht und seine Morgenhelle hervorkommen lassen.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Und die Erde, Er hat sie danach hingebreitet.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Er hat aus ihr ihr Wasser und ihre Weide hervorkommen lassen.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains, He made them firm,
Und die Berge, Er hat sie fest gegründet.
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
(Dies) als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Wenn dann der größte, überwältigende Umsturz kommt,
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
am Tag, da der Mensch das bedenkt, worum er sich bemüht hat,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
und zum Erscheinen gebracht wird der Höllenbrand für (je)den, der sieht;
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then as for him who is inordinate,
was den (denjenigen) angeht, wer das Maß (an Frevel) überschritten
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And prefers the life of this world,
und das diesseitige Leben vorgezogen hat,
And had preferred the life of this world,
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
gewiß, so wird der Höllenbrand (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Was aber jemanden angeht, der den Stand seines Herrn gefürchtet und seiner Seele die (bösen) Neigungen untersagt hat,
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
so wird der (Paradies)garten (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
Their abode will be the Garden.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Sie fragen dich nach der Stunde, wann sie bloß feststehen wird.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Was hast du über sie zu erwähnen?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Zu deinem Herrn ist ihr Endziel.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Du bist nur ein Überbringer von Warnungen für jemanden, der sie fürchtet.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
Am Tag, da sie sie sehen, wird ihnen sein, als hätten sie nur einen Nachmittag verweilt oder seinen (dazugehörigen) Vormittag
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا