Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
AlqariAAatu
The Striking 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?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the striking (Hour)?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will make you know what it is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!