Wehe jedem Stichler und Nörgler,
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
Chapter 104, 9 verses
Wehe jedem Stichler und Nörgler,
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Woe unto every slandering traducer,
der Besitz zusammenträgt und ihn zählt und immer wieder zählt,
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
Allathee jamaAAa malan waAAaddadahu
Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
wobei er meint, daß sein Besitz ihn ewig leben ließe!
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
Yahsabu anna malahu akhladahu
He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
Keineswegs! Er wird ganz gewiß in al-Hutama geworfen werden.
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutamati
Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
Was läßt dich wissen, was al-Hutama ist?
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
(Sie ist) Allahs entfachtes Feuer,
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
Naru Allahi almooqadatu
(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
das Einblick in die Herzen gewinnt.
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
Allatee tattaliAAu AAala alafidati
Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
Gewiß, es wird sie einschließen
It shall be made into a vault over them,
lnnaha AAalayhim musadatun
Lo! it is closed in on them
in langgestreckten Säulen.
In columns outstretched.
Fee AAamadin mumaddadatin
In outstretched columns.