Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Calamity ?
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Raging Fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ