Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Wonach fragen sie sich?
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,
About which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
über die sie sich uneinig sind.
Nay, they will come to know!
Nay, but they will come to know!
Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Haben Wir nicht die Erde zu einer Lagerstatt gemacht
And the mountains as pegs?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
und die Berge zu Pfählen?
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
And We have created you in pairs,
Und Wir haben euch als Paare erschaffen.
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
Und Wir haben euren Schlaf zum Ausruhen gemacht.
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
Und Wir haben die Nacht zum Kleid gemacht.
And We have made the day for livelihood.
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Und Wir haben über euch sieben feste (Himmel) aufgebaut.
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
Und Wir haben einen hell glühenden Leuchtkörper gemacht.
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Und Wir haben von den Regenwolken sich ergießendes Wasser herabkommen lassen,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
um damit Korn und Gewächse hervorzubringen
And gardens of thick growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
und dichtbestandene Gärten.
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Gewiß, der Tag der Entscheidung ist eine festgesetzte Zeit,
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
der Tag, da ins Horn geblasen wird und ihr in Scharen herkommt
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
und da der Himmel geöffnet und dann zu Toren wird
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
und da die Berge versetzt und dann zu einer Luftspiegelung werden.
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Gewiß, die Hölle ist ein Hinterhalt,
A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundary limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals),
A home for the rebellious.
für diejenigen, die das Maß (an Frevel) überschreiten, eine Heimstatt,
They will abide therein for ages.
They will abide therein for ages.
lange Zeiten darin zu verweilen;
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
sie werden darin weder Kühlung noch Getränk kosten,
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
außer heißem Wasser und stinkender Brühe,
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
als angemessene Vergeltung.
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Sie erwarteten ja niemals eine Abrechnung
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
und erklärten Unsere Zeichen hartnäckig für Lüge.
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Doch alles haben Wir schriftlich erfaßt.
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
So kostet; Wir werden euch nur die Strafe mehren.
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gewiß, für die Gottesfürchtigen wird es einen Ort des Erfolgs geben,
Gardens and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
umfriedete Gärten und Rebstöcke
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
And maidens for companions,
und prächtige, gleichaltrige (weibliche Wesen)
And a full cup (of wine).
And a full cup.
und ein (stets) voller Becher.
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Weder hören sie darin unbedachte Rede noch Lüge.
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(Dies) als Belohnung von deinem Herrn, als hinreichende Gabe,
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
dem Herrn der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist, dem Allerbarmer. Sie verfügen nicht darüber, vor Ihm zu reden,
The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, they will not speak except him whom the Most Gracious (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is right.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
am Tag, da der Geist und die Engel in Reihe stehen. Sie werden nicht sprechen, außer wem der Allerbarmer es erlaubt und wer Richtiges sagt.
That is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
Das ist der wahrhaftig (eintreffend)e Tag. Wer nun will, nimmt zu seinem Herrn eine Heimkehr.
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"
Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
Wir warnen euch ja vor naher Strafe, am Tag, da der Mensch schauen wird, was seine Hände vorausgeschickt haben, und der Ungläubige sagen wird: "O wäre ich doch Erde!"