Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Das Verhängnis!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Calamity ?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose scales are light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Raging Fire.