Chapter 70, 44 verses
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Es fragt ein Fragesteller nach einer Strafe, die hereinbrechen wird
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
für die Ungläubigen, (einer Strafe,) die niemand abwehren kann;
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
von Allah, dem Besitzer der Aufstiegswege.
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
Es steigen die Engel und der Geist zu Ihm auf an einem Tag, dessen (Aus)maß fünfzigtausend Jahre ist.
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
So be patient with gracious patience.
Darum sei standhaft in schöner Geduld.
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Gewiß, sie sehen sie weit entfernt,
Lo! they behold it afar off
But We see it [as] near.
Wir aber sehen sie nahe.
While we behold it nigh:
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Am Tag, da der Himmel wie siedendes Öl
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
And the mountains will be like wool,
und die Berge wie gefärbte Wolle sein werden
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
und kein warmherziger Freund seinen Freund (irgend etwas) fragt.
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
obwohl sie ihrem Anblick ausgesetzt sein werden. Der Übeltäter hätte es gern, wenn er sich von der Strafe jenes Tages loskaufte mit seinen Söhnen
Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
And his wife and his brother
und seiner Gefährtin und seinem Bruder
And his spouse and his brother
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
und seiner Familie, die ihn aufgenommen hat,
And his kin that harboured him
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
und allen, die auf der Erde sind. (Er wünscht,) dies möge ihn hierauf retten.
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
Keineswegs! Es ist doch ein loderndes Feuer,
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
A remover of exteriors.
das die Kopfhaut abzieht',
Eager to roast;
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
das (den) rufen wird, wer den Rücken kehrt und sich abkehrt,
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
(Besitz) zusammenträgt und dann in Behältern hortet.
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Gewiß, der Mensch ist als kleinmütig erschaffen.
Lo! man was created anxious,
When evil touches him, impatient,
Wenn ihm Schlechtes widerfährt, ist er sehr mutlos;
Fretful when evil befalleth him
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
und wenn ihm Gutes widerfährt, (ist er) ein stetiger Verweigerer,
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Except the observers of prayer -
außer den Betenden,
Save worshippers.
Those who are constant in their prayer
diejenigen, die in ihrem Gebet beharrlich sind
Who are constant at their worship
And those within whose wealth is a known right
und die ein festgesetztes Recht an ihrem Besitz (zugestehen)
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
For the petitioner and the deprived -
dem Bettler und dem Unbemittelten
For the beggar and the destitute;
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
und die den Tag des Gerichts für wahr halten
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
und diejenigen, die wegen der Strafe ihres Herrn besorgt sind,
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
- denn gewiß, vor der Strafe ihres Herrn (kann) sich niemand sicher glauben,
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
And those who guard their private parts
- und diejenigen, die ihre Scham hüten,
And those who preserve their chastity
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
außer gegenüber ihren Gattinnen oder was ihre rechte Hand (an Sklavinnen) besitzt, denn sie sind (hierin) nicht zu tadeln,
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
- wer aber darüber hinaus (etwas) begehrt, das sind die Übertreter,
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
- und diejenigen, die auf die ihnen anvertrauten Güter und ihre Verpflichtung achtgeben,
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
And those who are in their testimonies upright
und diejenigen, die ihr Zeugnis in Aufrichtigkeit ablegen,
And those who stand by their testimony
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
und diejenigen, die ihr Gebet einhalten.
And those who are attentive at their worship.
They will be in gardens, honored.
Jene werden sich in Gärten befinden und (darin) geehrt.
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
Was ist mit denjenigen, die ungläubig sind, daß sie hastig auf dich zukommen
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
rechts und links, in Gruppen aufgeteilt?
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
Begehrt (etwa) jedermann von ihnen, in einen Garten der Wonne eingelassen zu werden?
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
Keineswegs! Wir haben sie doch aus dem erschaffen, was sie wissen.
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Herrn der Osten und der Westen, Wir haben fürwahr die Macht dazu,
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
daß Wir sie durch bessere als sie austauschen. Und niemand kann Uns zuvorkommen.
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
So lasse sie nur schweifende Gespräche führen und ihr Spiel treiben, bis sie ihrem Tag begegnen, der ihnen angedroht ist,
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
dem Tag, da sie aus den Gräbern eilig herauskommen werden, als würden sie hastig zu einem aufgerichteten Opferstein laufen,
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
mit demütigen Blicken, bedeckt mit Erniedrigung. Das ist der Tag, der ihnen immer wieder angedroht wurde.
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.