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!
The terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains shall be as loosened 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 measure of good deeds is heavy,
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He shall live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.