Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
A burning fire.