Chapter 78, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. What are they asking (one another) about?
Wonach fragen sie sich?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Qur'an, which Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم brought and the Day of Resurrection)
Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,
(It is) of the awful tidings,
About which they are in disagreement.
über die sie sich uneinig sind.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
Nay, they will come to know!
Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Nay, again, they will come to know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Have We not made the earth as a bed,
Haben Wir nicht die Erde zu einer Lagerstatt gemacht
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
And the mountains as pegs?
und die Berge zu Pfählen?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).
Und Wir haben euch als Paare erschaffen.
And We have created you in pairs,
And We have made your sleep as a thing for rest.
Und Wir haben euren Schlaf zum Ausruhen gemacht.
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And We have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),
Und Wir haben die Nacht zum Kleid gemacht.
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And We have made the day for livelihood.
Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Und Wir haben über euch sieben feste (Himmel) aufgebaut.
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun).
Und Wir haben einen hell glühenden Leuchtkörper gemacht.
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And We have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.
Und Wir haben von den Regenwolken sich ergießendes Wasser herabkommen lassen,
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,
um damit Korn und Gewächse hervorzubringen
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
And gardens of thick growth.
und dichtbestandene Gärten.
And gardens of thick foliage.
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Gewiß, der Tag der Entscheidung ist eine festgesetzte Zeit,
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
der Tag, da ins Horn geblasen wird und ihr in Scharen herkommt
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,
und da der Himmel geöffnet und dann zu Toren wird
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.
und da die Berge versetzt und dann zu einer Luftspiegelung werden.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -
Gewiß, die Hölle ist ein Hinterhalt,
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
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),
für diejenigen, die das Maß (an Frevel) überschreiten, eine Heimstatt,
A home for the rebellious.
They will abide therein for ages.
lange Zeiten darin zu verweilen;
They will abide therein for ages.
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
sie werden darin weder Kühlung noch Getränk kosten,
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges -
außer heißem Wasser und stinkender Brühe,
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).
als angemessene Vergeltung.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
Sie erwarteten ja niemals eine Abrechnung
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم brought) completely.
und erklärten Unsere Zeichen hartnäckig für Lüge.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
And all things We have recorded in a Book.
Doch alles haben Wir schriftlich erfaßt.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.
So kostet; Wir werden euch nur die Strafe mehren.
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
Verily, for the Muttaqun, there will be a success (Paradise);
Gewiß, für die Gottesfürchtigen wird es einen Ort des Erfolgs geben,
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gardens and vineyards,
umfriedete Gärten und Rebstöcke
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age,
und prächtige, gleichaltrige (weibliche Wesen)
And maidens for companions,
And a full cup (of wine).
und ein (stets) voller Becher.
And a full cup.
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;
Weder hören sie darin unbedachte Rede noch Lüge.
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds),
(Dies) als Belohnung von deinem Herrn, als hinreichende Gabe,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(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).
dem Herrn der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist, dem Allerbarmer. Sie verfügen nicht darüber, vor Ihm zu reden,
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
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.
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.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
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)!
Das ist der wahrhaftig (eintreffend)e Tag. Wer nun will, nimmt zu seinem Herrn eine Heimkehr.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
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!"
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!"
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!"