Chapter 80, 42 verses
Er blickte düster und kehrte sich ab,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
weil der Blinde zu ihm kam.
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man.
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Was läßt dich wissen, vielleicht läutert er sich
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
oder bedenkt, so daß ihm die Ermahnung nützt.
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Was nun jemanden angeht, der sich für unbedürftig hält,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
so widmest du dich ihm,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him do you address yourself.
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
obgleich es dich nicht zu kümmern hat, daß er sich nicht läutern will.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Was aber jemanden angeht, der zu dir geeilt kommt
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
und dabei gottesfürchtig ist,
And hath fear,
And he fears,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
von dem läßt du dich ablenken.
From him thou art distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Keineswegs! Gewiß, es ist eine Erinnerung.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Wer nun will, gedenkt seiner.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So let him who pleases mind it.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
(Er steht) auf in Ehren gehaltenen Blättern,
On honoured leaves
In honored books,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
erhöhten und rein gehaltenen,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
durch die Hände von Entsandten,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
edlen, frommen.
Noble and righteous.
Noble, virtuous.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Tod dem Menschen, wie undankbar er ist!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Woraus hat Er ihn erschaffen?
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of what thing did He create him?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Aus einem Samentropfen hat Er ihn erschaffen und ihm dabei sein Maß festgesetzt.
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Den Weg hierauf macht Er ihm leicht.
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Hierauf läßt Er ihn sterben und bringt ihn dann ins Grab.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Hierauf, wenn Er will, läßt Er ihn auferstehen.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Keineswegs! Er hat noch nicht ausgeführt, was Er ihm befohlen hat.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
So schaue der Mensch doch auf seine Nahrung:
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look to his food,
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Wir gießen ja Güsse von Wasser,
How We pour water in showers
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
hierauf spalten Wir die Erde in Spalten auf
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
und lassen dann auf ihr Korn wachsen
And cause the grain to grow therein
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
und Rebstöcke und Grünzeug
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
und Ölbäume und Palmen
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And the olive and the palm,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
und Gärten mit dicken Bäumen
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And thick gardens,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
und Früchte und Futter,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
Provision for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Wenn dann der betäubende (Schrei) kommt,
But when the Shout cometh
But when the deafening cry comes,
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
am Tag, da der Mensch flieht vor seinem Bruder
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
und seiner Mutter und seinem Vater
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
und seiner Gefährtin und seinen Söhnen
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
jedermann von ihnen wird an jenem Tag eine Angelegenheit haben, die ihn beschäftigt.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag erstrahlen,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
lachen und sich freuen.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, joyous.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Und auf (den anderen) Gesichtern wird an jenem Tag Staub sein.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
und sie werden von Dunkelheit bedeckt sein.
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness shall cover them.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Das sind die Ungläubigen und Sittenlosen.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ