In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Yusuf Ali
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Deutsch
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
Word by word
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
Yusuf Ali
By the Moon as she follows him;
Deutsch
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
Word by word
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
Yusuf Ali
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Deutsch
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
Word by word
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
Yusuf Ali
By the Night as it conceals it;
Deutsch
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
Word by word
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
Yusuf Ali
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Deutsch
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
Word by word
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
Yusuf Ali
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Deutsch
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
Word by word
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Yusuf Ali
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Deutsch
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Yusuf Ali
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Deutsch
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
Word by word
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Deutsch
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
Word by word
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
Deutsch
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
Word by word
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Yusuf Ali
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Deutsch
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Yusuf Ali
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
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!"
Yusuf Ali
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
Deutsch
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.)!
Yusuf Ali
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)!
Deutsch
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.