Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
And Who brings forth herbage,
And Who brings out the pasturage,
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And then makes it dark stubble.
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
außer dem, was Allah will. Er weiß ja, was laut vernehmbar geäußert wird und was verborgen bleibt.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
He who fears will mind,
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
Who shall enter the great fire;
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.