Chapter 78, 40 verses
About what are they asking one another?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?
Wonach fragen sie sich?
عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,
عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
über die sie sich uneinig sind.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Haben Wir nicht die Erde zu einer Lagerstatt gemacht
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًا
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
und die Berge zu Pfählen?
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
Und Wir haben euch als Paare erschaffen.
وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
Und Wir haben euren Schlaf zum Ausruhen gemacht.
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
Und Wir haben die Nacht zum Kleid gemacht.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
Und Wir haben über euch sieben feste (Himmel) aufgebaut.
وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
Und Wir haben einen hell glühenden Leuchtkörper gemacht.
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
Und Wir haben von den Regenwolken sich ergießendes Wasser herabkommen lassen,
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
um damit Korn und Gewächse hervorzubringen
لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
und dichtbestandene Gärten.
وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Gewiß, der Tag der Entscheidung ist eine festgesetzte Zeit,
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًا
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
der Tag, da ins Horn geblasen wird und ihr in Scharen herkommt
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
und da der Himmel geöffnet und dann zu Toren wird
وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
und da die Berge versetzt und dann zu einer Luftspiegelung werden.
وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Gewiß, die Hölle ist ein Hinterhalt,
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
für diejenigen, die das Maß (an Frevel) überschreiten, eine Heimstatt,
لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
lange Zeiten darin zu verweilen;
لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًا
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
sie werden darin weder Kühlung noch Getränk kosten,
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
außer heißem Wasser und stinkender Brühe,
إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
als angemessene Vergeltung.
جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
Sie erwarteten ja niemals eine Abrechnung
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
und erklärten Unsere Zeichen hartnäckig für Lüge.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
Doch alles haben Wir schriftlich erfaßt.
وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًا
"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."
So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
So kostet; Wir werden euch nur die Strafe mehren.
فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Gewiß, für die Gottesfürchtigen wird es einen Ort des Erfolgs geben,
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
umfriedete Gärten und Rebstöcke
حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
und prächtige, gleichaltrige (weibliche Wesen)
وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
und ein (stets) voller Becher.
وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
Weder hören sie darin unbedachte Rede noch Lüge.
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًا
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
(Dies) als Belohnung von deinem Herrn, als hinreichende Gabe,
جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًا
[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
dem Herrn der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist, dem Allerbarmer. Sie verfügen nicht darüber, vor Ihm zu reden,
رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.
On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
am Tag, da der Geist und die Engel in Reihe stehen. Sie werden nicht sprechen, außer wem der Allerbarmer es erlaubt und wer Richtiges sagt.
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا
That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.
That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
Das ist der wahrhaftig (eintreffend)e Tag. Wer nun will, nimmt zu seinem Herrn eine Heimkehr.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"
Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the will cry: "Would that I were dust!"
Wir warnen euch ja vor naher Strafe, am Tag, da der Mensch schauen wird, was seine Hände vorausgeschickt haben, und der Ungläubige sagen wird: "O wäre ich doch Erde!"
إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا