In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
Beim Himmel und dem Pochenden!
Chapter 86, 17 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
Beim Himmel und dem Pochenden!
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was der Pochende ist?
- The piercing Star!
The star of piercing brightness;
(Es ist) der durchbohrend helle Stem.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
Es gibt keine Seele, über der nicht ein Hüter (eingesetzt) ist.
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
So soll der Mensch doch hinsehen, woraus er erschaffen ist.
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created of water pouring forth,
Er ist aus sich ergießendem Wasser erschaffen,
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
das zwischen der Lende und der (weiblichen) Brust hervorkommt.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Er hat die Macht dazu, ihn zurückkehren zu lassen,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
am Tag, da die geheimsten Gedanken geprüft werden.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Dann hat er weder Kraft noch einen Helfer.
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
Beim Himmel mit der Wiederkehr
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And the earth splitting (with plants);
und der Erde mit ihren Sprüngen!
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Er ist wahrlich ein entscheidendes Wort;
It is no pleasantry.
And it is no joke.
er ist kein Scherz.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Surely they will make a scheme,
Sie wenden eine List an,
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I (too) will make a scheme.
Und Ich wende eine List an.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.
So lasse den Ungläubigen noch Zeit; lasse ihnen nur eine Weile Zeit.