Chapter 101, 11 verses
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Das Verhängnis!
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
What is the striking (Hour)?
Was ist das Verhängnis?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) 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
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
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 be like 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 balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
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 (in Paradise).
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 balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Was aber jemanden angeht, dessen Waagschalen leicht sind,
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
dessen Mutter wird ein Abgrund sein.
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was das ist?
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Ein sehr heißes Feuer.