Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The terrible calamity!
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Calamity ?
What is the terrible calamity!
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Raging Fire.
A burning fire.