Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who creates, then makes complete,
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
الذي خلق فسوى
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
والذي قدر فهدى
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).
And Who brings forth herbage,
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings out the pasturage,
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then makes it dark stubble.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
außer dem, was Allah will. Er weiß ja, was laut vernehmbar geäußert wird und was verborgen bleibt.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
He who fears will mind,
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
سيذكر من يخشى
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Who shall enter the great fire;
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).