Chapter 84, 25 verses
Wenn der Himmel sich spaltet
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
When the heaven bursts asunder,
und auf seinen Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für ihn -,
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
und wenn die Erde ausgedehnt wird
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth is stretched,
und herauswirft, was in ihr ist, und sich entleert
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
und auf ihren Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für sie ...
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And obeys its Lord and it must.
O du Mensch, du mühst dich hart zu deinem Herrn hin, und so wirst du Ihm begegnen.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dem dann sein Buch in seine Rechte gegeben wird.
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
der wird einer leichten Abrechnung unterzogen,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
und er wird erfreut zu seinen Angehörigen zurückkehren.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch hinter seinem Rücken gegeben wird,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
der wird nach Vernichtung rufen
He surely will invoke destruction
He shall call for perdition,
und der Feuerglut ausgesetzt sein.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And enter into burning fire.
Er war ja froh inmitten seiner Angehörigen.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Ja doch! Gewiß, sein Herr sieht ihn wohl.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
und der Nacht und dem, was sie zusammentreibt,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And the night and that which it drives on,
und dem Mond, wenn er voll geworden ist.
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And the moon when it grows full,
Ihr werdet eine Schicht nach der anderen besteigen.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
und, wenn ihnen der Qur'an vorgelesen wird, sich nicht niederwerfen?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Doch Allah weiß sehr wohl, was sie (in ihren Herzen) für sich behalten.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
So verkünde ihnen schmerzhafte Strafe,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
außer denjenigen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Werke tun; für sie wird es einen Lohn geben, der nicht aufhört.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.