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,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
weil der Blinde zu ihm kam.
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
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,
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
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?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
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),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
so widmest du dich ihm,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
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
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
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,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
und dabei gottesfürchtig ist,
And hath fear,
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
von dem läßt du dich ablenken.
From him thou art distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Keineswegs! Gewiß, es ist eine Erinnerung.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Wer nun will, gedenkt seiner.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
(Er steht) auf in Ehren gehaltenen Blättern,
On honoured leaves
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
erhöhten und rein gehaltenen,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
durch die Hände von Entsandten,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
edlen, frommen.
Noble and righteous.
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Tod dem Menschen, wie undankbar er ist!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Woraus hat Er ihn erschaffen?
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
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,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
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)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
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,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
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.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
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.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
So schaue der Mensch doch auf seine Nahrung:
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Wir gießen ja Güsse von Wasser,
How We pour water in showers
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
hierauf spalten Wir die Erde in Spalten auf
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
und lassen dann auf ihr Korn wachsen
And cause the grain to grow therein
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
und Rebstöcke und Grünzeug
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
und Ölbäume und Palmen
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
und Gärten mit dicken Bäumen
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
und Früchte und Futter,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
Provision for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Wenn dann der betäubende (Schrei) kommt,
But when the Shout cometh
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
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,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
und seiner Mutter und seinem Vater
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
und seiner Gefährtin und seinen Söhnen
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
And from his wife and his children.
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.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
(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,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
lachen und sich freuen.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
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,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
und sie werden von Dunkelheit bedeckt sein.
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Das sind die Ungläubigen und Sittenlosen.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.