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