Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
Who creates, then makes complete,
And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And Who brings out the pasturage,
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
And Who brings forth herbage,
And then makes it dark stubble.
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
außer dem, was Allah will. Er weiß ja, was laut vernehmbar geäußert wird und was verborgen bleibt.
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
He who fears will mind,
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
Who shall enter the great fire;
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.