In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
I swear by this city, Makkah -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
I swear by this city, Makkah -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
-, wo du in dieser Ortschaft deinen Aufenthalt hast,
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
- und bei einem (jeden) Erzeuger und dem, was er zeugt.
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Wir haben den Menschen ja (zu einem Leben) in Mühsal erschaffen.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Meint er etwa, daß überhaupt niemand Macht über ihn hat?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Er sagt: "Ich habe Besitz in Mengen verbraucht."
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that none sees him?
Meint er etwa, daß niemand ihn gesehen hat?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Haben Wir ihm nicht zwei Augen gemacht,
Have We not made for him two eyes?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
eine Zunge und zwei Lippen
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
und ihn beide Hochebenen geleitet?
And have shown him the two ways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
Aber er ist nicht den steilen Paßweg hinaufgestürmt.
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was der steile Paßweg ist?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
(Es ist) die Freilassung eines Sklaven10
It is the freeing of a slave
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
oder zu speisen am Tag der Hungersnot
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan near of kin.
eine Waise, die einem nahe ist,
An orphan of near relationship
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
oder einen Armen, der dem Boden nahe ist.
Or a needy person in misery
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Und daß man hierauf zu denjenigen gehört, die glauben, einander die Standhaftigkeit eindringlich empfehlen und einander die Barmherzigkeit eindringlich empfehlen.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Das sind die Gefährten der rechten Seite.
Those are the companions of the right.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
Diejenigen aber, die Unsere Zeichen verleugnen, sie sind die Gefährten der unglückseligen Seite.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
Über ihnen liegt ein (sie) einschließendes Feuer.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ