Chapter 55, 78 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
Der Allerbarmer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
The Most Merciful
علم القرآن
hat den Qur'an gelehrt.
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
Taught the Qur'an,
خلق الإنسان
Er hat den Menschen erschaffen.
He created man.
Created man,
علمه البيان
Er hat ihn die klare Darlegung gelehrt.
He taught him eloquent speech.
[And] taught him eloquence.
الشمس والقمر بحسبان
Die Sonne und der Mond (laufen) nach Berechnung.
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
والنجم والشجر يسجدان
Die stiellosen Pflanzen und die Bäume werfen sich nieder.
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
And the stars and trees prostrate.
والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان
Den Himmel hat Er emporgehoben und die Waage aufgestellt,
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
ألا تطغوا في الميزان
damit ihr beim Wägen nicht das Maß überschreitet.
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
That you not transgress within the balance.
وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان
Und meßt das Gewicht in Gerechtigkeit und gebt beim Wägen nicht weniger.
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
والأرض وضعها للأنام
Und die Erde hat Er für die Geschöpfe (an)gelegt;
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
فيها فاكهة والنخل ذات الأكمام
auf ihr gibt es Früchte, Palmen mit Fruchthüllen
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
والحب ذو العصف والريحان
und Korn mit Halmen und duftende Pflanzen.
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
And grain having husks and scented plants.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
خلق الإنسان من صلصال كالفخار
Er hat den Menschen aus trockenem Ton wie Töpferware erschaffen.
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
وخلق الجان من مارج من نار
Und Er hat die Ginn aus einer unruhigen Feuerflamme erschaffen.
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
رب المشرقين ورب المغربين
(Er ist) der Herr der beiden Osten und der Herr der beiden Westen.
(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).
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مرج البحرين يلتقيان
Er hat den beiden Meeren freien Lauf gelassen; sie treffen aufeinander,
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];
بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان
zwischen ihnen ist (aber) ein trennendes Hindernis, (das)s sie (ihre Grenzen) nicht überschreiten.
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يخرج منهما اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Aus ihnen beiden kommen Perlen und Korallen hervor.
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام
Und Sein sind (auch) die (hoch)gebauten auf dem Meer fahrenden (Schiffe), wie Berge.
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
كل من عليها فان
Alle, die auf ihr sind, werden vergehen;
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
Everyone upon the earth will perish,
ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام
bleiben wird (nur) das Angesicht deines Herrn, Besitzer der Erhabenheit und Ehre.
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يسأله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ كل يوم هو في شأن
Ihn bittet wer in den Himmeln und auf der Erde ist. Jeden Tag befaßt Er sich mit einer Angelegenheit.
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.)!
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان
Wir werden Uns euch widmen, ihr beiden Schwerlastenden.
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يا معشر الجن والإنس إن استطعتم أن تنفذوا من أقطار السماوات والأرض فانفذوا ۚ لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان
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 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 company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah].
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران
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, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فإذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان
Wenn der Himmel sich spalten und dann rosig werden wird wie Farböl
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose - colored like oil -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
فيومئذ لا يسأل عن ذنبه إنس ولا جان
an jenem Tag nun werden nach ihrer Sünde weder Mensch noch Gänn gefragt.
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)].
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم فيؤخذ بالنواصي والأقدام
Die Übeltäter werden an ihrem Merkmal erkannt werden und dann an den Stirnlocken und an den Füßen ergriffen.
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هذه جهنم التي يكذب بها المجرمون
Das ist die Hölle, die die Übeltäter für Lüge erklären.
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
يطوفون بينها وبين حميم آن
Sie werden zwischen ihr und siedend heißem Wasser umhergehen.
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
ولمن خاف مقام ربه جنتان
Für jemanden aber, der den Stand seines Herrn fürchtet, wird es zwei Gärten geben
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
ذواتا أفنان
die beide Zweige haben.
With spreading branches.
Having [spreading] branches.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فيهما عينان تجريان
Darin sind zwei Quellen, die fließen.
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فيهما من كل فاكهة زوجان
Darin gibt es von jeder Frucht zwei Arten'.
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
متكئين على فرش بطائنها من إستبرق ۚ وجنى الجنتين دان
Sie werden sich auf Ruhebetten lehnen, deren Futter aus schwerem Brokat sind. Und die Ernte der beiden Gärten hängt herab.
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فيهن قاصرات الطرف لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Darin sind (weibliche Wesen), die ihre Blicke zurückhalten, die vor ihnen weder Mensch noch Ginn berührt haben
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.
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
كأنهن الياقوت والمرجان
als wären sie Rubine und Korallen.
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
As if they were rubies and coral.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هل جزاء الإحسان إلا الإحسان
Ist der Lohn des Guten nicht ebenfalls das Gute?
Is there any reward for good other than good?
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
ومن دونهما جنتان
Unterhalb der beiden gibt es (noch) zwei andere Gärten
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مدهامتان
dich bewachsene.
Dark green (in colour).
Dark green [in color].
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فيهما عينان نضاختان
Darin sind zwei sprudelnde Quellen.
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فيهما فاكهة ونخل ورمان
Darin sind Früchte und Palmen und Granatäpfel.
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فيهن خيرات حسان
Darin sind gute schöne (weibliche Wesen)
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
In them are good and beautiful women -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
حور مقصورات في الخيام
Huris, (die) in den Zelten zurückgezogen (leben) -,
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
die vor ihnen weder Mensch noch Ginn berührt haben.
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
Untouched before them by man or jinni -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
متكئين على رفرف خضر وعبقري حسان
Sie lehnen sich aufgrünen Decken und schönen Teppichen.
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
تبارك اسم ربك ذي الجلال والإكرام
Segensreich ist der Name deines Herrn, Besitzer der Erhabenheit und Ehre!
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.