Chapter 70, 44 verses
Es fragt ein Fragesteller nach einer Strafe, die hereinbrechen wird
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
für die Ungläubigen, (einer Strafe,) die niemand abwehren kann;
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
von Allah, dem Besitzer der Aufstiegswege.
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Es steigen die Engel und der Geist zu Ihm auf an einem Tag, dessen (Aus)maß fünfzigtausend Jahre ist.
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
Darum sei standhaft in schöner Geduld.
So be patient with gracious patience.
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Gewiß, sie sehen sie weit entfernt,
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Lo! they behold it afar off
Wir aber sehen sie nahe.
But We see it [as] near.
While we behold it nigh:
Am Tag, da der Himmel wie siedendes Öl
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
und die Berge wie gefärbte Wolle sein werden
And the mountains will be like wool,
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
und kein warmherziger Freund seinen Freund (irgend etwas) fragt.
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
obwohl sie ihrem Anblick ausgesetzt sein werden. Der Übeltäter hätte es gern, wenn er sich von der Strafe jenes Tages loskaufte mit seinen Söhnen
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
und seiner Gefährtin und seinem Bruder
And his wife and his brother
And his spouse and his brother
und seiner Familie, die ihn aufgenommen hat,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
And his kin that harboured him
und allen, die auf der Erde sind. (Er wünscht,) dies möge ihn hierauf retten.
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Keineswegs! Es ist doch ein loderndes Feuer,
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
das die Kopfhaut abzieht',
A remover of exteriors.
Eager to roast;
das (den) rufen wird, wer den Rücken kehrt und sich abkehrt,
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
(Besitz) zusammenträgt und dann in Behältern hortet.
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
Gewiß, der Mensch ist als kleinmütig erschaffen.
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Lo! man was created anxious,
Wenn ihm Schlechtes widerfährt, ist er sehr mutlos;
When evil touches him, impatient,
Fretful when evil befalleth him
und wenn ihm Gutes widerfährt, (ist er) ein stetiger Verweigerer,
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
außer den Betenden,
Except the observers of prayer -
Save worshippers.
diejenigen, die in ihrem Gebet beharrlich sind
Those who are constant in their prayer
Who are constant at their worship
und die ein festgesetztes Recht an ihrem Besitz (zugestehen)
And those within whose wealth is a known right
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
dem Bettler und dem Unbemittelten
For the petitioner and the deprived -
For the beggar and the destitute;
und die den Tag des Gerichts für wahr halten
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
und diejenigen, die wegen der Strafe ihres Herrn besorgt sind,
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
- denn gewiß, vor der Strafe ihres Herrn (kann) sich niemand sicher glauben,
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
- und diejenigen, die ihre Scham hüten,
And those who guard their private parts
And those who preserve their chastity
außer gegenüber ihren Gattinnen oder was ihre rechte Hand (an Sklavinnen) besitzt, denn sie sind (hierin) nicht zu tadeln,
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
- wer aber darüber hinaus (etwas) begehrt, das sind die Übertreter,
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
- und diejenigen, die auf die ihnen anvertrauten Güter und ihre Verpflichtung achtgeben,
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
und diejenigen, die ihr Zeugnis in Aufrichtigkeit ablegen,
And those who are in their testimonies upright
And those who stand by their testimony
und diejenigen, die ihr Gebet einhalten.
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Jene werden sich in Gärten befinden und (darin) geehrt.
They will be in gardens, honored.
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Was ist mit denjenigen, die ungläubig sind, daß sie hastig auf dich zukommen
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
rechts und links, in Gruppen aufgeteilt?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
Begehrt (etwa) jedermann von ihnen, in einen Garten der Wonne eingelassen zu werden?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
Keineswegs! Wir haben sie doch aus dem erschaffen, was sie wissen.
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Herrn der Osten und der Westen, Wir haben fürwahr die Macht dazu,
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
daß Wir sie durch bessere als sie austauschen. Und niemand kann Uns zuvorkommen.
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
So lasse sie nur schweifende Gespräche führen und ihr Spiel treiben, bis sie ihrem Tag begegnen, der ihnen angedroht ist,
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
dem Tag, da sie aus den Gräbern eilig herauskommen werden, als würden sie hastig zu einem aufgerichteten Opferstein laufen,
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
mit demütigen Blicken, bedeckt mit Erniedrigung. Das ist der Tag, der ihnen immer wieder angedroht wurde.
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.