بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nein! Ich schwöre bei der Seele, die sich selbst tadelt.
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß Wir seine Knochen nicht zusammenfügen werden?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Ja doch! (Wir) haben die Macht dazu, seine Fingerspitzen zurechtzuformen.
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Aber nein! Der Mensch will (fortdauernd) vor sich hin lasterhaft sein.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Er fragt: "Wann wird bloß der Tag der Auferstehung sein?"
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Wenn dann der Blick verwirrt ist
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
und der Mond sich verfinstert
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
und Sonne und Mond zusammengebracht werden,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
wird der Mensch an jenem Tag sagen: "Wohin soll die Flucht sein?"
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Keineswegs! (Es gibt) keine Zuflucht.
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag der Weg zum Aufenthaltsort (führen).
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Dem Menschen wird an jenem Tag kundgetan, was er vorausgeschickt und zurückgestellt hat.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Aber nein! Der Mensch wird bezüglich seiner selbst durchblicken,
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
auch wenn er seine Entschuldigungen vorbrächte .
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Bewege deine Zunge nicht damit, um ihn übereilt weiterzugeben.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Uns obliegt es, ihn zusammenzustellen und ihn vorlesen zu lassen.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Und (erst) wenn Wir ihn vorgelesen haben, dann folge du der Art seines Vortragens".
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Hierauf obliegt es Uns, ihn klar darzulegen.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
Keineswegs! Vielmehr liebt ihr das schnell Eintreffende,
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
und laßt das Jenseits (außer acht).
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag strahlen,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
zu ihrem Herrn schauen.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Und (die anderen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag finster sein;
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
die meinen, es würde ihnen das Rückgrat gebrochen.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Keineswegs! Wenn sie das Schlüsselbein erreicht
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
und gesagt wird: "Wer ist ein Zauberer (, der ihn retten kann)?",
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
وظن أنه الفراق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
und wenn er meint, daß es (jetzt) die Trennung sei,
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
und wenn (bei ihm) sich das eine Bein um das andere legt,
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag das Treiben sein.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
فلا صدق ولا صلى
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Doch hielt er nicht (die Botschaft) für wahr noch betete er,
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
sondern er erklärte (sie) für Lüge, und er kehrte sich ab.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Hierauf ging er zu seinen Angehörigen, stolzierend.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
- "Wehe dir, ja wehe!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Abermals: Wehe dir, ja wehe!"
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß er außer acht gelassen wird?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Ist er nicht ein Tropfen von Samenflüssigkeit, die ausgespritzt wird,
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
hierauf ein Anhängsel gewesen? Da hat Er erschaffen und zurechtgeformt
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
und dann daraus beide Teile des Paares gemacht, das Männliche und das Weibliche.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Hat dieser (Gott) nicht die Macht, die Toten wieder lebendig zu machen?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ