Chapter 79, 46 verses
Bei den mit Heftigkeit Entreißenden
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence.
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
und den leicht Herausziehenden
By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers).
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
und den unbeschwert Dahingleitenden,
And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits).
And by those who float in space,
den allem Vorauseilenden,
And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses).
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
den eine Angelegenheit Regelnden!
And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).
Then those who regulate the affair.
Am Tag, da das Zittern einsetzt
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die).
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
und das nächste hinterherfolgt,
The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be resurrected).
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
(gewisse) Herzen werden an jenem Tag beunruhigt klopfen,
(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
und ihre Blicke werden demütig sein.
Their eyes will be downcast.
Their eyes cast down.
Sie sagen: "Sollen wir denn wirklich aus den Gräbern zurückgebracht werden?
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Wenn wir zu verrotteten Knochen geworden sind?"
"Even after we are crumbled bones?"
What! when we are rotten bones?
Sie sagen: "Das wäre dann eine verlustreiche Wiederkehr."
They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Es wird nur ein einziger erschreckender Schrei sein,
But it will be only a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)], (See Verse 37:19).
But it shall be only a single cry,
und sogleich sind sie auf der Oberfläche.
When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death,
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Ist zu dir die Geschichte Musas gekommen?
Has there come to you the story of Musa (Moses)?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Als sein Herr ihn im geheiligten Tal Tuwa rief:
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
"Geh zu Fir'aun, denn gewiß, er überschreitet das Maß (an Frevel).
Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief).
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Dann sag: Hast du (nicht) den Wunsch, dich zu läutern,
And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)?"
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
und daß ich dich zu deinem Herrn rechtleite, so daß du gottesfürchtig wirst?"
"And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Da zeigte er ihm das größte Zeichen.
Then [Musa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Er aber erklärte (es) für Lüge und widersetzte sich.
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed.
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Hierauf kehrte er den Rücken und ging eilig weg'.
Then he turned his back, striving (against Allah).
Then he went back hastily.
Da versammelte er (das Volk) und rief dann aus.
Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Er sagte: "Ich bin euer höchster Herr."
Saying: "I am your lord, most high."
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Da ergriff Allah ihn als warnendes Beispiel für das Jenseits und das Diesseits.
So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Darin ist wahrlich eine Lehre für jemanden, der gottesfürchtig ist.
Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Seid etwa ihr schwerer zu erschaffen oder der Himmel? - Er hat ihn aufgebaut.
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed?
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Er hat seinen höchsten Teil emporgehoben und ihn dann zurechtgeformt.
He raised its height, and has perfected it.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Und Er hat seine Nacht finster gemacht und seine Morgenhelle hervorkommen lassen.
Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light)
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Und die Erde, Er hat sie danach hingebreitet.
And after that He spread the earth,
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Er hat aus ihr ihr Wasser und ihre Weide hervorkommen lassen.
And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Und die Berge, Er hat sie fest gegründet.
And the mountains He has fixed firmly,
And the mountains, He made them firm,
(Dies) als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Wenn dann der größte, überwältigende Umsturz kommt,
But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense) -
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
am Tag, da der Mensch das bedenkt, worum er sich bemüht hat,
The Day when man shall remember what he strove for.
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
und zum Erscheinen gebracht wird der Höllenbrand für (je)den, der sieht;
And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees.
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
was den (denjenigen) angeht, wer das Maß (an Frevel) überschritten
Then for him who transgressed all bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allah).
Then as for him who is inordinate,
und das diesseitige Leben vorgezogen hat,
And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),
And prefers the life of this world,
gewiß, so wird der Höllenbrand (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Was aber jemanden angeht, der den Stand seines Herrn gefürchtet und seiner Seele die (bösen) Neigungen untersagt hat,
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
so wird der (Paradies)garten (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Sie fragen dich nach der Stunde, wann sie bloß feststehen wird.
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the Hour - when will be its appointed time?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Was hast du über sie zu erwähnen?
You have no knowledge to say anything about it.
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Zu deinem Herrn ist ihr Endziel.
To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Du bist nur ein Überbringer von Warnungen für jemanden, der sie fürchtet.
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are only a warner for those who fear it,
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Am Tag, da sie sie sehen, wird ihnen sein, als hätten sie nur einen Nachmittag verweilt oder seinen (dazugehörigen) Vormittag
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.