Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.
نار حامية
Raging Fire.