Chapter 69, 52 verses
Die fällig Werdende,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The Sure Reality!
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
was ist die fällig Werdende?
What is the Reality ?
What is the Sure Reality?
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Und was läßt dich wissen, was die fällig Werdende ist?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Die Tamud und die 'Ad erklärten das Verhängnis für Lüge.
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Was nun die Tamud angeht, so wurden sie durch den übermäßigen (Donnerschlag) vernichtet.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Was aber die 'Ad angeht, so wurden sie durch einen heftig wehenden eiskalten Wind vernichtet,
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
den Er entscheidende sieben Nächte und acht Tage fortgesetzt gegen sie einsetzte. Da hättest du in ihnen die Leute (auf dem Boden) niedergestreckt sehen können, als wären sie Stämme hohler Palmen.
Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm - trees.
He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm - trees tumbled down!
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Siehst du denn etwas von ihnen (übrig)geblieben?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Und es begingen Fir'aun und wer vor ihm war und die umgestürzten Städte Vergehen.
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
So widersetzten sie sich den Gesandten ihres Herrn. Da ergriff Er sie mit stärker werdendem Griff.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Gewiß, als das Wasser das Maß überschritt, trugen ja Wir euch auf dem fahrenden (Schiff),
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
um es für euch zu einer Erinnerung zu machen, und damit es von einem jeden aufnahmefähigen Ohr aufgenommen wird.
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Wenn ins Horn ein (einziges) Mal geblasen wird
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
und Erde und Berge gehoben und dann mit einem einzigen Schlag zu Staub eingeebnet werden,
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
an jenem Tag dann trifft (die Stunde) ein, die eintreffen wird,
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
und der Himmel spaltet sich, so daß er an jenem Tag brüchig wird,
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
und die Engel (befinden sich) an seinen Seiten. Und den Thron deines Herrn werden über ihnen an jenem Tag acht tragen.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
An jenem Tag werdet ihr vorgeführt; nichts von euch wird verborgen bleiben.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Was nun jemanden angeht, dem dann sein Buch in seine Rechte gegeben wird, der wird sagen: "Ihr da, lest mein Buch.
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Ich glaubte ja, daß ich meiner Abrechnung begegnen werde."
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
So wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein,
Then he will be in blissful state
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
in einem hohen Garten,
In a high garden
In a Garden on high,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
dessen Pflückobst herabhängt.
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Eßt und trinkt als wohlbekömmlich für das, was ihr früher in den vergangenen Tagen getan habt.
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch in seine Linke gegeben wird, der wird sagen: "O wäre mir doch mein Buch nicht gegeben worden!
But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Und wüßte ich nicht, was meine Abrechnung ist!
And knew not what my reckoning!
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
O wäre dies doch nur das Ende (meines Lebens)!
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Nicht nützt mir mein Besitz.
My wealth hath not availed me,
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
Vernichtet ist meine Macht(fülle)."
My power hath gone from me.
"My power has perished from me!"...
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
- "Nehmt ihn und fesselt ihn dann.
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Hierauf setzt ihn dem Höllenbrand aus.
And then expose him to hell - fire
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Hierauf steckt ihn in eine Kette, deren Länge siebzig Ellen ist.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Er pflegte nämlich nicht an Allah, den Allgewaltigen zu glauben
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
und nicht zur Speisung des Armen anzuhalten.
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
So hat er hier heute keinen warmherzigen Freund
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
und auch keine Speise außer Jauche,
Nor any food save filth
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
die nur diejenigen essen, die Verfehlungen begangen haben."
Which none but sinners eat.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Nein! Ich schwöre bei dem, was ihr seht,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
und dem, was ihr nicht seht.
And all that ye see not
And what ye see not,
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Das sind wahrlich die Worte eines edlen Gesandten,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
das sind nicht die Worte eines Dichters. Wie wenig ihr glaubt!
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Und es sind auch nicht die Worte eines Wahrsagers. Wie wenig ihr bedenkt!
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
(Es ist) eine Offenbarung vom Herrn der Weltenbewohner.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Und wenn er sich gegen Uns einige Aussprüche selbst ausgedacht hätte,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
hätten Wir ihn sicherlich an der Rechten gefaßt
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
und ihm hierauf sicherlich die Herzader durchschnitten,
And then severed his life - artery,
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
und niemand von euch hätte (Uns) dann von ihm abhalten können.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
Er ist wahrlich eine Erinnerung für die Gottesfürchtigen.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Und Wir wissen wahrlich, daß es unter euch Leugner gibt.
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Und er ist wahrlich (ein Grund zum) Gram für die Ungläubigen.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Und er ist wahrlich die reine Gewißheit.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Darum preise den Namen deines Allgewaltigen Herrn.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ