Chapter 79, 46 verses
By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,
Bei den mit Heftigkeit Entreißenden
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرْقًا
By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,
und den leicht Herausziehenden
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشْطًا
And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
And by those who float in space,
und den unbeschwert Dahingleitenden,
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبْحًا
Then press forward as in a race,
Then those who are foremost going ahead,
den allem Vorauseilenden,
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا
Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
Then those who regulate the affair.
den eine Angelegenheit Regelnden!
فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
Am Tag, da das Zittern einsetzt
يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ
Followed by oft - repeated (commotions):
What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
und das nächste hinterherfolgt,
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ
Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
(gewisse) Herzen werden an jenem Tag beunruhigt klopfen,
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
Their eyes cast down.
und ihre Blicke werden demütig sein.
أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?
Sie sagen: "Sollen wir denn wirklich aus den Gräbern zurückgebracht werden?
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
What! when we are rotten bones?
Wenn wir zu verrotteten Knochen geworden sind?"
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً
They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
Sie sagen: "Das wäre dann eine verlustreiche Wiederkehr."
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
But it shall be only a single cry,
Es wird nur ein einziger erschreckender Schrei sein,
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
When lo! they shall be wakeful.
und sogleich sind sie auf der Oberfläche.
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Has the story of Moses reached thee?
Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
Ist zu dir die Geschichte Musas gekommen?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: -
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
Als sein Herr ihn im geheiligten Tal Tuwa rief:
إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
"Geh zu Fir'aun, denn gewiß, er überschreitet das Maß (an Frevel).
ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)? -
Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
Dann sag: Hast du (nicht) den Wunsch, dich zu läutern,
فَقُلْ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.
und daß ich dich zu deinem Herrn rechtleite, so daß du gottesfürchtig wirst?"
وَأَهْدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخْشَىٰ
Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
So he showed him the mighty sign.
Da zeigte er ihm das größte Zeichen.
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
Er aber erklärte (es) für Lüge und widersetzte sich.
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).
Then he went back hastily.
Hierauf kehrte er den Rücken und ging eilig weg'.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
Then he gathered (men) and called out.
Da versammelte er (das Volk) und rief dann aus.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
Er sagte: "Ich bin euer höchster Herr."
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.
Da ergriff Allah ihn als warnendes Beispiel für das Jenseits und das Diesseits.
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).
Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
Darin ist wahrlich eine Lehre für jemanden, der gottesfürchtig ist.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ
What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
Seid etwa ihr schwerer zu erschaffen oder der Himmel? - Er hat ihn aufgebaut.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا
On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.
Er hat seinen höchsten Teil emporgehoben und ihn dann zurechtgeformt.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
Und Er hat seine Nacht finster gemacht und seine Morgenhelle hervorkommen lassen.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
And the earth, He expanded it after that.
Und die Erde, Er hat sie danach hingebreitet.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
Er hat aus ihr ihr Wasser und ihre Weide hervorkommen lassen.
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And the mountains hath He firmly fixed; -
And the mountains, He made them firm,
Und die Berge, Er hat sie fest gegründet.
وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
(Dies) als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event), -
But when the great predominating calamity comes;
Wenn dann der größte, überwältigende Umsturz kommt,
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,
am Tag, da der Mensch das bedenkt, worum er sich bemüht hat,
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
And Hell - Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see, -
And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
und zum Erscheinen gebracht wird der Höllenbrand für (je)den, der sieht;
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
Then as for him who is inordinate,
was den (denjenigen) angeht, wer das Maß (an Frevel) überschritten
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
And had preferred the life of this world,
And prefers the life of this world,
und das diesseitige Leben vorgezogen hat,
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
The Abode will be Hell - Fire;
Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
gewiß, so wird der Höllenbrand (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
Was aber jemanden angeht, der den Stand seines Herrn gefürchtet und seiner Seele die (bösen) Neigungen untersagt hat,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
Their abode will be the Garden.
Then surely the garden - - that is the abode.
so wird der (Paradies)garten (ihm) Zufluchtsort sein.
فَإِنَّ ٱلْجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰ
They ask thee about the Hour, - 'When will be its appointed time?
They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
Sie fragen dich nach der Stunde, wann sie bloß feststehen wird.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا
Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
About what! You are one to remind of it.
Was hast du über sie zu erwähnen?
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ
With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.
To your Lord is the goal of it.
Zu deinem Herrn ist ihr Endziel.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
Du bist nur ein Überbringer von Warnungen für jemanden, der sie fürchtet.
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn!
On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.
Am Tag, da sie sie sehen, wird ihnen sein, als hätten sie nur einen Nachmittag verweilt oder seinen (dazugehörigen) Vormittag
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا