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 ?
Concerning what are they disputing?
Wonach fragen sie sich?
About the great news -
(It is) of the awful tidings,
Concerning the Great News,
Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,
That over which they are in disagreement.
Concerning which they are in disagreement.
About which they cannot agree.
über die sie sich uneinig sind.
No! They are going to know.
Nay, but they will come to know!
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Then, no! They are going to know.
Nay, again, but they will come to know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
Abermals: Keineswegs! Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Have We not made the earth a resting place?
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
Haben Wir nicht die Erde zu einer Lagerstatt gemacht
And the mountains as stakes?
And the high hills bulwarks ?
And the mountains as pegs?
und die Berge zu Pfählen?
And We created you in pairs
And We have created you in pairs,
And (have We not) created you in pairs,
Und Wir haben euch als Paare erschaffen.
And made your sleep [a means for] rest
And have appointed your sleep for repose,
And made your sleep for rest,
Und Wir haben euren Schlaf zum Ausruhen gemacht.
And made the night as clothing
And have appointed the night as a cloak,
And made the night as a covering,
Und Wir haben die Nacht zum Kleid gemacht.
And made the day for livelihood
And have appointed the day for livelihood.
And made the day as a means of subsistence?
Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.
And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]
And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
Und Wir haben über euch sieben feste (Himmel) aufgebaut.
And made [therein] a burning lamp
And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
Und Wir haben einen hell glühenden Leuchtkörper gemacht.
And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water
And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
Und Wir haben von den Regenwolken sich ergießendes Wasser herabkommen lassen,
That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
Thereby to produce grain and plant,
That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
um damit Korn und Gewächse hervorzubringen
And gardens of entwined growth.
And gardens of thick foliage.
And gardens of luxurious growth?
und dichtbestandene Gärten.
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
Gewiß, der Tag der Entscheidung ist eine festgesetzte Zeit,
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,
The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
der Tag, da ins Horn geblasen wird und ihr in Scharen herkommt
And the heaven is opened and will become gateways
And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
und da der Himmel geöffnet und dann zu Toren wird
And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
und da die Berge versetzt und dann zu einer Luftspiegelung werden.
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
Gewiß, die Hölle ist ein Hinterhalt,
For the transgressors, a place of return,
A home for the rebellious.
For the transgressors a place of destination:
für diejenigen, die das Maß (an Frevel) überschreiten, eine Heimstatt,
In which they will remain for ages [unending].
They will abide therein for ages.
They will dwell therein for ages.
lange Zeiten darin zu verweilen;
They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink
Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
sie werden darin weder Kühlung noch Getränk kosten,
Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -
Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
außer heißem Wasser und stinkender Brühe,
An appropriate recompense.
Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
A fitting recompense (for them).
als angemessene Vergeltung.
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Sie erwarteten ja niemals eine Abrechnung
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
und erklärten Unsere Zeichen hartnäckig für Lüge.
But all things We have enumerated in writing.
Everything have We recorded in a Book.
And all things have We preserved on record.
Doch alles haben Wir schriftlich erfaßt.
"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 taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
So kostet; Wir werden euch nur die Strafe mehren.
Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -
Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
Gewiß, für die Gottesfürchtigen wird es einen Ort des Erfolgs geben,
Gardens and grapevines
Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
umfriedete Gärten und Rebstöcke
And full - breasted [companions] of equal age
And maidens for companions,
And voluptuous women of equal age;
und prächtige, gleichaltrige (weibliche Wesen)
And a full cup.
And a full cup.
And a cup full (to the brim).
und ein (stets) voller Becher.
No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -
There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth: -
Weder hören sie darin unbedachte Rede noch Lüge.
[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,
Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
(Dies) als Belohnung von deinem Herrn, als hinreichende Gabe,
[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.
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.
dem Herrn der Himmel und der Erde und dessen, was dazwischen ist, dem Allerbarmer. Sie verfügen nicht darüber, vor Ihm zu reden,
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.
The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and He will say what is 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.
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.
That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
Das ist der wahrhaftig (eintreffend)e Tag. Wer nun will, nimmt zu seinem Herrn eine Heimkehr.
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!"
Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) 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!"