Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The Striking Calamity -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the Calamity ?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will be in a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for one whose scales are light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His refuge will be an abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what can make you know what that is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Raging Fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!