Chapter 101, 11 verses
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Das Verhängnis!
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das Verhängnis ist?
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Am Tag, da die Menschen wie flatternde Motten sein werden
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
und die Berge wie zerflockte gefärbte Wolle sein werden.
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Was nun jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen schwer sind,
He will be in a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
so wird er in einem zufriedenen Leben sein.
But as for one whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.