Chapter 79, 46 verses
Bei den mit Heftigkeit Entreißenden
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
und den leicht Herausziehenden
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
und den unbeschwert Dahingleitenden,
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And by those who float in space,
den allem Vorauseilenden,
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
den eine Angelegenheit Regelnden!
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Then those who regulate the affair.
Am Tag, da das Zittern einsetzt
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
und das nächste hinterherfolgt,
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
(gewisse) Herzen werden an jenem Tag beunruhigt klopfen,
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
und ihre Blicke werden demütig sein.
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes cast down.
Sie sagen: "Sollen wir denn wirklich aus den Gräbern zurückgebracht werden?
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Wenn wir zu verrotteten Knochen geworden sind?"
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
What! when we are rotten bones?
Sie sagen: "Das wäre dann eine verlustreiche Wiederkehr."
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Es wird nur ein einziger erschreckender Schrei sein,
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
But it shall be only a single cry,
und sogleich sind sie auf der Oberfläche.
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
Ist zu dir die Geschichte Musas gekommen?
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Als sein Herr ihn im geheiligten Tal Tuwa rief:
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
"Geh zu Fir'aun, denn gewiß, er überschreitet das Maß (an Frevel).
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
Dann sag: Hast du (nicht) den Wunsch, dich zu läutern,
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
und daß ich dich zu deinem Herrn rechtleite, so daß du gottesfürchtig wirst?"
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
Da zeigte er ihm das größte Zeichen.
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Er aber erklärte (es) für Lüge und widersetzte sich.
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Hierauf kehrte er den Rücken und ging eilig weg'.
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he went back hastily.
Da versammelte er (das Volk) und rief dann aus.
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Er sagte: "Ich bin euer höchster Herr."
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Da ergriff Allah ihn als warnendes Beispiel für das Jenseits und das Diesseits.
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Darin ist wahrlich eine Lehre für jemanden, der gottesfürchtig ist.
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Seid etwa ihr schwerer zu erschaffen oder der Himmel? - Er hat ihn aufgebaut.
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Er hat seinen höchsten Teil emporgehoben und ihn dann zurechtgeformt.
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Und Er hat seine Nacht finster gemacht und seine Morgenhelle hervorkommen lassen.
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Und die Erde, Er hat sie danach hingebreitet.
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Er hat aus ihr ihr Wasser und ihre Weide hervorkommen lassen.
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Und die Berge, Er hat sie fest gegründet.
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains, He made them firm,
(Dies) als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Wenn dann der größte, überwältigende Umsturz kommt,
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
am Tag, da der Mensch das bedenkt, worum er sich bemüht hat,
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
und zum Erscheinen gebracht wird der Höllenbrand für (je)den, der sieht;
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
was den (denjenigen) angeht, wer das Maß (an Frevel) überschritten
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Then as for him who is inordinate,
und das diesseitige Leben vorgezogen hat,
And had preferred the life of this world,
And prefers the life of this world,
gewiß, so wird der Höllenbrand (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
Was aber jemanden angeht, der den Stand seines Herrn gefürchtet und seiner Seele die (bösen) Neigungen untersagt hat,
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
so wird der (Paradies)garten (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
Sie fragen dich nach der Stunde, wann sie bloß feststehen wird.
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Was hast du über sie zu erwähnen?
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Zu deinem Herrn ist ihr Endziel.
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Du bist nur ein Überbringer von Warnungen für jemanden, der sie fürchtet.
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Am Tag, da sie sie sehen, wird ihnen sein, als hätten sie nur einen Nachmittag verweilt oder seinen (dazugehörigen) Vormittag
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.