Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
außer dem, was Allah will. Er weiß ja, was laut vernehmbar geäußert wird und was verborgen bleibt.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
Who will enter the Great Fire,
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.