Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
And the moon when it follows the sun,
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
And the day when it shows it,
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
But the Messenger of Allah [Salih عليه السلام] said to them: "Be cautious! (Fear the evil end). That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!
Sie aber bezichtigten ihn der Lüge, und so schnitten sie ihr die Sehnen durch. Da schmetterte ihr Herr sie für ihre Sünde nieder, und so ebnete Er über ihnen die Erde ein.
And He fears not its consequence.
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
Und Er (Allah) fürchtet nicht die Folge davon.