Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
Was ist das Verhängnis?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.