Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Calamity ?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Raging Fire.
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.