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