In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
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);
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
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).
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
-, wo du in dieser Ortschaft deinen Aufenthalt hast,
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
- und bei einem (jeden) Erzeuger und dem, was er zeugt.
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily, We have created man in toil.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Wir haben den Menschen ja (zu einem Leben) in Mühsal erschaffen.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Meint er etwa, daß überhaupt niemand Macht über ihn hat?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Er sagt: "Ich habe Besitz in Mengen verbraucht."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that none sees him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Meint er etwa, daß niemand ihn gesehen hat?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Haben Wir ihm nicht zwei Augen gemacht,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips?
eine Zunge und zwei Lippen
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
And have shown him the two ways?
und ihn beide Hochebenen geleitet?
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).
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Aber er ist nicht den steilen Paßweg hinaufgestürmt.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was der steile Paßweg ist?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
It is the freeing of a slave
(Es ist) die Freilassung eines Sklaven10
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
oder zu speisen am Tag der Hungersnot
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan near of kin.
An orphan of near relationship
eine Waise, die einem nahe ist,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Or a needy person in misery
oder einen Armen, der dem Boden nahe ist.
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.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Und daß man hierauf zu denjenigen gehört, die glauben, einander die Standhaftigkeit eindringlich empfehlen und einander die Barmherzigkeit eindringlich empfehlen.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Those are the companions of the right.
Das sind die Gefährten der rechten Seite.
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).
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Diejenigen aber, die Unsere Zeichen verleugnen, sie sind die Gefährten der unglückseligen Seite.
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.
Over them will be fire closed in.
Über ihnen liegt ein (sie) einschließendes Feuer.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ