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