Chapter 70, 44 verses
Es fragt ein Fragesteller nach einer Strafe, die hereinbrechen wird
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
für die Ungläubigen, (einer Strafe,) die niemand abwehren kann;
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
von Allah, dem Besitzer der Aufstiegswege.
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
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.
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
Darum sei standhaft in schöner Geduld.
So be patient with gracious patience.
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
Gewiß, sie sehen sie weit entfernt,
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Surely they think it to be far off,
Wir aber sehen sie nahe.
But We see it [as] near.
And We see it nigh.
Am Tag, da der Himmel wie siedendes Öl
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
und die Berge wie gefärbte Wolle sein werden
And the mountains will be like wool,
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
und kein warmherziger Freund seinen Freund (irgend etwas) fragt.
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
And friend shall not ask of 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 shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,
und seiner Gefährtin und seinem Bruder
And his wife and his brother
And his wife and his brother
und seiner Familie, die ihn aufgenommen hat,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
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 those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
Keineswegs! Es ist doch ein loderndes Feuer,
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
das die Kopfhaut abzieht',
A remover of exteriors.
Dragging by the head,
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 shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
(Besitz) zusammenträgt und dann in Behältern hortet.
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
Gewiß, der Mensch ist als kleinmütig erschaffen.
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Wenn ihm Schlechtes widerfährt, ist er sehr mutlos;
When evil touches him, impatient,
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
und wenn ihm Gutes widerfährt, (ist er) ein stetiger Verweigerer,
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
And niggardly when good befalls him
außer den Betenden,
Except the observers of prayer -
Except those who pray,
diejenigen, die in ihrem Gebet beharrlich sind
Those who are constant in their prayer
Those who are constant at their prayer
und die ein festgesetztes Recht an ihrem Besitz (zugestehen)
And those within whose wealth is a known right
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
dem Bettler und dem Unbemittelten
For the petitioner and the deprived -
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
und die den Tag des Gerichts für wahr halten
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
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 the chastisement of their Lord - -
- 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 -
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
- und diejenigen, die ihre Scham hüten,
And those who guard their private parts
And those who guard their private parts,
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 -
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - - for these surely are not to be blamed,
- wer aber darüber hinaus (etwas) begehrt, das sind die Übertreter,
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
- 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 are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
und diejenigen, die ihr Zeugnis in Aufrichtigkeit ablegen,
And those who are in their testimonies upright
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
und diejenigen, die ihr Gebet einhalten.
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
Jene werden sich in Gärten befinden und (darin) geehrt.
They will be in gardens, honored.
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
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],
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
rechts und links, in Gruppen aufgeteilt?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
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?
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
Keineswegs! Wir haben sie doch aus dem erschaffen, was sie wissen.
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
By no means! Surely We have created them of 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 Easts and the Wests that We are certainly 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 bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
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 -
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;
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 on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on 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.
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.