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