Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
By the sun and its brightness
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
And [by] the moon when it follows it
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
And [by] the day when it displays it
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
And [by] the night when it covers it
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
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)!
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.
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
Und Er (Allah) fürchtet nicht die Folge davon.
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.