Chapter 55, 78 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
Der Allerbarmer
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent
علم القرآن
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
hat den Qur'an gelehrt.
Hath made known the Qur'an.
خلق الإنسان
He created man.
Er hat den Menschen erschaffen.
He hath created man.
علمه البيان
He taught him eloquent speech.
Er hat ihn die klare Darlegung gelehrt.
He hath taught him utterance.
الشمس والقمر بحسبان
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).
Die Sonne und der Mond (laufen) nach Berechnung.
The sun and the moon are made punctual.
والنجم والشجر يسجدان
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Die stiellosen Pflanzen und die Bäume werfen sich nieder.
The stars and the trees adore.
والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
Den Himmel hat Er emporgehoben und die Waage aufgestellt,
And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
ألا تطغوا في الميزان
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
damit ihr beim Wägen nicht das Maß überschreitet.
That ye exceed not the measure,
وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
Und meßt das Gewicht in Gerechtigkeit und gebt beim Wägen nicht weniger.
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
والأرض وضعها للأنام
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
Und die Erde hat Er für die Geschöpfe (an)gelegt;
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
فيها فاكهة والنخل ذات الأكمام
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
auf ihr gibt es Früchte, Palmen mit Fruchthüllen
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm - trees,
والحب ذو العصف والريحان
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
und Korn mit Halmen und duftende Pflanzen.
Husked grain and scented herb.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
خلق الإنسان من صلصال كالفخار
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
Er hat den Menschen aus trockenem Ton wie Töpferware erschaffen.
He created man of clay like the potter's,
وخلق الجان من مارج من نار
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
Und Er hat die Ginn aus einer unruhigen Feuerflamme erschaffen.
And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
رب المشرقين ورب المغربين
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).
(Er ist) der Herr der beiden Osten und der Herr der beiden Westen.
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
مرج البحرين يلتقيان
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
Er hat den beiden Meeren freien Lauf gelassen; sie treffen aufeinander,
He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
zwischen ihnen ist (aber) ein trennendes Hindernis, (das)s sie (ihre Grenzen) nicht überschreiten.
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
يخرج منهما اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
Aus ihnen beiden kommen Perlen und Korallen hervor.
There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral - stone.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
Und Sein sind (auch) die (hoch)gebauten auf dem Meer fahrenden (Schiffe), wie Berge.
His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
كل من عليها فان
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
Alle, die auf ihr sind, werden vergehen;
Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
bleiben wird (nur) das Angesicht deines Herrn, Besitzer der Erhabenheit und Ehre.
There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
يسأله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ كل يوم هو في شأن
Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He is (engaged) in some affair (such as giving honour or disgrace to some, life or death to some, etc.)!
Ihn bittet wer in den Himmeln und auf der Erde ist. Jeden Tag befaßt Er sich mit einer Angelegenheit.
All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
Wir werden Uns euch widmen, ihr beiden Schwerlastenden.
We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
يا معشر الجن والإنس إن استطعتم أن تنفذوا من أقطار السماوات والأرض فانفذوا ۚ لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان
O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)!
O ihr Gesellschaft der Ginn und der Menschen, wenn ihr aus den Bezirken der Himmel und der Erde hinausdringen könnt, so dringt doch heraus. Ihr werdet nicht herausdringen, außer mit einer Ermächtigung.
O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
Gegen euch beide wird eine rauchlose Feuerflamme und Kupfer gesandt werden, so werdet ihr euch selbst nicht helfen (können).
There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فإذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
Wenn der Himmel sich spalten und dann rosig werden wird wie Farböl
And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
فيومئذ لا يسأل عن ذنبه إنس ولا جان
So on that Day no question will be asked of man or jinns as to his sin, [because they have already been known from their faces either white (dwellers of Paradise - true believers of Islamic Monotheism) or black (dwellers of Hell - polytheists; disbelievers, criminals)].
an jenem Tag nun werden nach ihrer Sünde weder Mensch noch Gänn gefragt.
On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم فيؤخذ بالنواصي والأقدام
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
Die Übeltäter werden an ihrem Merkmal erkannt werden und dann an den Stirnlocken und an den Füßen ergriffen.
The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
هذه جهنم التي يكذب بها المجرمون
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
Das ist die Hölle, die die Übeltäter für Lüge erklären.
This is hell which the guilty deny.
يطوفون بينها وبين حميم آن
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
Sie werden zwischen ihr und siedend heißem Wasser umhergehen.
They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
ولمن خاف مقام ربه جنتان
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
Für jemanden aber, der den Stand seines Herrn fürchtet, wird es zwei Gärten geben
But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
ذواتا أفنان
With spreading branches.
die beide Zweige haben.
Of spreading branches.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فيهما عينان تجريان
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
Darin sind zwei Quellen, die fließen.
Wherein are two fountains flowing.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فيهما من كل فاكهة زوجان
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
Darin gibt es von jeder Frucht zwei Arten'.
Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
متكئين على فرش بطائنها من إستبرق ۚ وجنى الجنتين دان
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
Sie werden sich auf Ruhebetten lehnen, deren Futter aus schwerem Brokat sind. Und die Ernte der beiden Gärten hängt herab.
Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فيهن قاصرات الطرف لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Wherein both will be Qasirat-ut-Tarf [chaste females (wives) restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands], with whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
Darin sind (weibliche Wesen), die ihre Blicke zurückhalten, die vor ihnen weder Mensch noch Ginn berührt haben
Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
كأنهن الياقوت والمرجان
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
als wären sie Rubine und Korallen.
(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral - stone.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
هل جزاء الإحسان إلا الإحسان
Is there any reward for good other than good?
Ist der Lohn des Guten nicht ebenfalls das Gute?
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness ?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
ومن دونهما جنتان
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
Unterhalb der beiden gibt es (noch) zwei andere Gärten
And beside them are two other gardens,
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
مدهامتان
Dark green (in colour).
dich bewachsene.
Dark green with foliage.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فيهما عينان نضاختان
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
Darin sind zwei sprudelnde Quellen.
Wherein are two abundant springs.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فيهما فاكهة ونخل ورمان
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
Darin sind Früchte und Palmen und Granatäpfel.
Wherein is fruit, the date - palm and pomegranate.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فيهن خيرات حسان
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
Darin sind gute schöne (weibliche Wesen)
Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
حور مقصورات في الخيام
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
Huris, (die) in den Zelten zurückgezogen (leben) -,
Fair ones, close - guarded in pavilions -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
die vor ihnen weder Mensch noch Ginn berührt haben.
Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
متكئين على رفرف خضر وعبقري حسان
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
Sie lehnen sich aufgrünen Decken und schönen Teppichen.
Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
تبارك اسم ربك ذي الجلال والإكرام
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Segensreich ist der Name deines Herrn, Besitzer der Erhabenheit und Ehre!
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!