Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
And the moon when it follows the sun,
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And the day when it shows it,
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
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.
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He fears not its consequence.
Und Er (Allah) fürchtet nicht die Folge davon.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا