Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
والقمر إذا تلاها
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
والنهار إذا جلاها
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
والليل إذا يغشاها
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
والسماء وما بناها
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
والأرض وما طحاها
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
ونفس وما سواها
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
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).
قد أفلح من زكاها
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
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).
وقد خاب من دساها
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
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).
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
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!"
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
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.)!
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
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.
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
ولا يخاف عقباها
Und Er (Allah) fürchtet nicht die Folge davon.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا