Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Bei der Morgendämmerung
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
und den zehn Nächten
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
und dem geraden und dem ungeraden (Tag)
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the night when it departs.
und der Nacht, wenn sie fortzieht!
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Ist darin ein (ausreichender) Schwur für jemanden, der Klugheit besitzt?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Siehst du nicht, wie dein Herr mit den 'Ad verfuhr,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
(mit) Iram mit den Stützen,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the land?
dergleichen nicht erschaffen wurden in den Landstrichen?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
Und (mit) den Tamud, die im Tal die Felsen aushöhlten?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
Und (mit) Fir'aun, dem Besitzer der Pfähle,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
die (sie alle) das Maß (an Frevel) in den Landstrichen überschritten
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And made therein much mischief.
und darin viel Unheil stifteten?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Da schüttete dein Herr auf sie eine Geißel von Strafe aus.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Gewiß, dein Herr wartet ja (auf sie).
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Was nun den Menschen angeht, wenn sein Herr ihn prüft und ihn da(bei) freigebig behandelt und ihm ein wonnevolles Leben verschafft, so sagt er: "Mein Herr behandelt mich freigebig."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Was (ihn) aber angeht, wenn Er ihn prüft und ihm da(bei) seine Versorgung bemißt, so sagt er: "Mein Herr setzt mich der Schmach aus."
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Keineswegs! Vielmehr behandelt ihr die Waise nicht freigebig
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
und haltet euch nicht gegenseitig zur Speisung des Armen an.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Und ihr verzehrt das Erbe, ja ihr verzehrt es ganz und gar.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with much love.
Und ihr liebt den Besitz, ja ihr liebt ihn voll und ganz.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Keineswegs! Wenn die Erde eingeebnet, ja platt eingeebnet wird
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
und dein Herr kommt und die Engel, Reihe um Reihe,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
und herbeigebracht wird an jenem Tag die Hölle, an jenem Tag wird der Mensch bedenken. Wie soll ihm dann die Selbstbesinnung (nützen)?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
Er wird sagen: "O hätte ich doch für mein (jenseitiges) Leben (etwas) vorausgeschickt!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
An jenem Tag wird niemand strafen, so wie Er straft,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
und niemand wird fesseln, so wie Er fesselt.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
O du Seele, die du Ruhe gefunden hast,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
kehre zu deinem Herrn zufrieden und mit Wohlgefallen zurück.
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Tritt ein unter Meine Diener,
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
und tritt ein in Meinen (Paradies)garten.
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!