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).
The Striking Calamity -
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He will be in 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 one whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
His refuge will be an abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.