Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like 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 balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!