Chapter 101, 11 verses
Das Verhängnis!
The Striking Calamity -
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Was ist das Verhängnis?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
His refuge will be an abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
And what can make you know what that is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.