Chapter 84, 25 verses
Wenn der Himmel sich spaltet
When the heaven bursts asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder
und auf seinen Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für ihn -,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear,
und wenn die Erde ausgedehnt wird
And when the earth is stretched,
And when the earth is spread out
und herauswirft, was in ihr ist, und sich entleert
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
und auf ihren Herrn hört - und es ist ja rechtens für sie ...
And obeys its Lord and it must.
And attentive to her Lord in fear!
O du Mensch, du mühst dich hart zu deinem Herrn hin, und so wirst du Ihm begegnen.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
Was nun jemanden angeht, dem dann sein Buch in seine Rechte gegeben wird.
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
der wird einer leichten Abrechnung unterzogen,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
He truly will receive an easy reckoning
und er wird erfreut zu seinen Angehörigen zurückkehren.
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
And will return unto his folk in joy.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch hinter seinem Rücken gegeben wird,
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
But whoso is given his account behind his back,
der wird nach Vernichtung rufen
He shall call for perdition,
He surely will invoke destruction
und der Feuerglut ausgesetzt sein.
And enter into burning fire.
And be thrown to scorching fire.
Er war ja froh inmitten seiner Angehörigen.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
He verily lived joyous with his folk,
Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.
Surely he thought that he would never return.
He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
Ja doch! Gewiß, sein Herr sieht ihn wohl.
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
und der Nacht und dem, was sie zusammentreibt,
And the night and that which it drives on,
And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
und dem Mond, wenn er voll geworden ist.
And the moon when it grows full,
And by the moon when she is at the full,
Ihr werdet eine Schicht nach der anderen besteigen.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
What aileth them, then, that they believe not
und, wenn ihnen der Qur'an vorgelesen wird, sich nicht niederwerfen?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
Doch Allah weiß sehr wohl, was sie (in ihren Herzen) für sich behalten.
And Allah knows best what they hide,
And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
So verkünde ihnen schmerzhafte Strafe,
So announce to them a painful punishment~
So give them tidings of a painful doom,
außer denjenigen, die glauben und rechtschaffene Werke tun; für sie wird es einen Lohn geben, der nicht aufhört.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.