Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
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).
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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).
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
And he fails that corrupts it!
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).
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
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!"
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
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.)!
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.
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)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
Und Er (Allah) fürchtet nicht die Folge davon.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا