Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
Das Verhängnis!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
Ma alqariAAatu
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
Narun hamiyatun
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.