Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
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,
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.
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,
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.
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,
But as for him whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
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?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.