Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Bei der Morgendämmerung
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
und den zehn Nächten
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
und dem geraden und dem ungeraden (Tag)
And by the night when it departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
und der Nacht, wenn sie fortzieht!
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)!
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Ist darin ein (ausreichender) Schwur für jemanden, der Klugheit besitzt?
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Siehst du nicht, wie dein Herr mit den 'Ad verfuhr,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
(mit) Iram mit den Stützen,
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
dergleichen nicht erschaffen wurden in den Landstrichen?
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Und (mit) den Tamud, die im Tal die Felsen aushöhlten?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
Und (mit) Fir'aun, dem Besitzer der Pfähle,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
die (sie alle) das Maß (an Frevel) in den Landstrichen überschritten
And made therein much mischief.
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
und darin viel Unheil stifteten?
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Da schüttete dein Herr auf sie eine Geißel von Strafe aus.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Gewiß, dein Herr wartet ja (auf sie).
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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."
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
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."
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)!
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Keineswegs! Vielmehr behandelt ihr die Waise nicht freigebig
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
und haltet euch nicht gegenseitig zur Speisung des Armen an.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Und ihr verzehrt das Erbe, ja ihr verzehrt es ganz und gar.
And you love wealth with much love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Und ihr liebt den Besitz, ja ihr liebt ihn voll und ganz.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Keineswegs! Wenn die Erde eingeebnet, ja platt eingeebnet wird
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
und dein Herr kommt und die Engel, Reihe um Reihe,
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
und herbeigebracht wird an jenem Tag die Hölle, an jenem Tag wird der Mensch bedenken. Wie soll ihm dann die Selbstbesinnung (nützen)?
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Er wird sagen: "O hätte ich doch für mein (jenseitiges) Leben (etwas) vorausgeschickt!"
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
An jenem Tag wird niemand strafen, so wie Er straft,
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
und niemand wird fesseln, so wie Er fesselt.
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O du Seele, die du Ruhe gefunden hast,
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
kehre zu deinem Herrn zufrieden und mit Wohlgefallen zurück.
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
Tritt ein unter Meine Diener,
"And enter you My Paradise!"
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
und tritt ein in Meinen (Paradies)garten.