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 sky has split [open]
und auf seinen Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für ihn -,
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
und wenn die Erde ausgedehnt wird
And when the earth is spread out
And when the earth has been extended
und herauswirft, was in ihr ist, und sich entleert
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
und auf ihren Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für sie ...
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
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 mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
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 for he who is given his record in his right hand,
der wird einer leichten Abrechnung unterzogen,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
He will be judged with an easy account
und er wird erfreut zu seinen Angehörigen zurückkehren.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
And return to his people in happiness.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch hinter seinem Rücken gegeben wird,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
der wird nach Vernichtung rufen
He surely will invoke destruction
He will cry out for destruction
und der Feuerglut ausgesetzt sein.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
Er war ja froh inmitten seiner Angehörigen.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Ja doch! Gewiß, sein Herr sieht ihn wohl.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
So I swear by the twilight glow
und der Nacht und dem, was sie zusammentreibt,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
And [by] the night and what it envelops
und dem Mond, wenn er voll geworden ist.
And by the moon when she is at the full,
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
Ihr werdet eine Schicht nach der anderen besteigen.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
So 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 Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Doch Allah weiß sehr wohl, was sie (in ihren Herzen) für sich behalten.
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
So verkünde ihnen schmerzhafte Strafe,
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
So give them tidings of 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 for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.