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 Striking Calamity -
What is the striking (Hour)?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will be in 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 one whose scales are light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His refuge will be an abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what can make you know what that is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.