Chapter 69, 52 verses
Die fällig Werdende,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
The Inevitable Reality -
was ist die fällig Werdende?
What is the Inevitable?
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was die fällig Werdende ist?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Die Tamud und die 'Ad erklärten das Verhängnis für Lüge.
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Was nun die Tamud angeht, so wurden sie durch den übermäßigen (Donnerschlag) vernichtet.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Was aber die 'Ad angeht, so wurden sie durch einen heftig wehenden eiskalten Wind vernichtet,
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
den Er entscheidende sieben Nächte und acht Tage fortgesetzt gegen sie einsetzte. Da hättest du in ihnen die Leute (auf dem Boden) niedergestreckt sehen können, als wären sie Stämme hohler Palmen.
Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
Siehst du denn etwas von ihnen (übrig)geblieben?
Do you see any remnants of them?
Then do you see of them any remains?
Und es begingen Fir'aun und wer vor ihm war und die umgestürzten Städte Vergehen.
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
So widersetzten sie sich den Gesandten ihres Herrn. Da ergriff Er sie mit stärker werdendem Griff.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Gewiß, als das Wasser das Maß überschritt, trugen ja Wir euch auf dem fahrenden (Schiff),
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
um es für euch zu einer Erinnerung zu machen, und damit es von einem jeden aufnahmefähigen Ohr aufgenommen wird.
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Wenn ins Horn ein (einziges) Mal geblasen wird
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
und Erde und Berge gehoben und dann mit einem einzigen Schlag zu Staub eingeebnet werden,
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
an jenem Tag dann trifft (die Stunde) ein, die eintreffen wird,
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
und der Himmel spaltet sich, so daß er an jenem Tag brüchig wird,
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
und die Engel (befinden sich) an seinen Seiten. Und den Thron deines Herrn werden über ihnen an jenem Tag acht tragen.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
An jenem Tag werdet ihr vorgeführt; nichts von euch wird verborgen bleiben.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dem dann sein Buch in seine Rechte gegeben wird, der wird sagen: "Ihr da, lest mein Buch.
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Ich glaubte ja, daß ich meiner Abrechnung begegnen werde."
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
So wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
in einem hohen Garten,
In a lofty Paradise,
In an elevated garden,
dessen Pflückobst herabhängt.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Eßt und trinkt als wohlbekömmlich für das, was ihr früher in den vergangenen Tagen getan habt.
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Was aber jemanden angeht, dem sein Buch in seine Linke gegeben wird, der wird sagen: "O wäre mir doch mein Buch nicht gegeben worden!
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
Und wüßte ich nicht, was meine Abrechnung ist!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
And had not known what is my account.
O wäre dies doch nur das Ende (meines Lebens)!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
Nicht nützt mir mein Besitz.
"My wealth has not availed me;
My wealth has not availed me.
Vernichtet ist meine Macht(fülle)."
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
Gone from me is my authority."
- "Nehmt ihn und fesselt ihn dann.
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Hierauf setzt ihn dem Höllenbrand aus.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Hierauf steckt ihn in eine Kette, deren Länge siebzig Ellen ist.
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Er pflegte nämlich nicht an Allah, den Allgewaltigen zu glauben
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
und nicht zur Speisung des Armen anzuhalten.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
So hat er hier heute keinen warmherzigen Freund
So no friend has he here this Day,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
und auch keine Speise außer Jauche,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
die nur diejenigen essen, die Verfehlungen begangen haben."
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
None will eat it except the sinners.
Nein! Ich schwöre bei dem, was ihr seht,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
So I swear by what you see
und dem, was ihr nicht seht.
And by whatsoever you see not,
And what you do not see
Das sind wahrlich die Worte eines edlen Gesandten,
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
das sind nicht die Worte eines Dichters. Wie wenig ihr glaubt!
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Und es sind auch nicht die Worte eines Wahrsagers. Wie wenig ihr bedenkt!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
(Es ist) eine Offenbarung vom Herrn der Weltenbewohner.
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Und wenn er sich gegen Uns einige Aussprüche selbst ausgedacht hätte,
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
hätten Wir ihn sicherlich an der Rechten gefaßt
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
We would have seized him by the right hand;
und ihm hierauf sicherlich die Herzader durchschnitten,
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
und niemand von euch hätte (Uns) dann von ihm abhalten können.
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Er ist wahrlich eine Erinnerung für die Gottesfürchtigen.
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
Und Wir wissen wahrlich, daß es unter euch Leugner gibt.
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
Und er ist wahrlich (ein Grund zum) Gram für die Ungläubigen.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
Und er ist wahrlich die reine Gewißheit.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
Darum preise den Namen deines Allgewaltigen Herrn.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.