Chapter 104, 9 verses
Woe to every (kind of) scandal - monger and - backbiter,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ويل لكل همزة لمزة
Wehe jedem Stichler und Nörgler,
Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,
الذي جمع مالا وعدده
der Besitz zusammenträgt und ihn zählt und immer wieder zählt,
Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);
Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!
يحسب أن ماله أخلده
wobei er meint, daß sein Besitz ihn ewig leben ließe!
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to Pieces,
كلا ۖ لينبذن في الحطمة
Keineswegs! Er wird ganz gewiß in al-Hutama geworfen werden.
Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?
وما أدراك ما الحطمة
Was läßt dich wissen, was al-Hutama ist?
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?
(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),
نار الله الموقدة
(Sie ist) Allahs entfachtes Feuer,
It is the fire kindled by Allah,
The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:
التي تطلع على الأفئدة
das Einblick in die Herzen gewinnt.
Which rises above the hearts.
It shall be made into a vault over them,
إنها عليهم مؤصدة
Gewiß, es wird sie einschließen
Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
In columns outstretched.
في عمد ممددة
in langgestreckten Säulen.
In extended columns.