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