Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
Was ist das Verhängnis?
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.