Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Striking 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
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
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
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
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 be like wool, fluffed up.
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 one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in 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 one whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.