Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the Calamity ?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He will live a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
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.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Raging Fire.