Chapter 89, 30 verses
Bei der Morgendämmerung
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the break of Day
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
und den zehn Nächten
And ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
und dem geraden und dem ungeraden (Tag)
And the Even and the Odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
und der Nacht, wenn sie fortzieht!
And the night when it departeth,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Ist darin ein (ausreichender) Schwur für jemanden, der Klugheit besitzt?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Siehst du nicht, wie dein Herr mit den 'Ad verfuhr,
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
(mit) Iram mit den Stützen,
With many - columned Iram,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
dergleichen nicht erschaffen wurden in den Landstrichen?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Und (mit) den Tamud, die im Tal die Felsen aushöhlten?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
Und (mit) Fir'aun, dem Besitzer der Pfähle,
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
die (sie alle) das Maß (an Frevel) in den Landstrichen überschritten
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
und darin viel Unheil stifteten?
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Da schüttete dein Herr auf sie eine Geißel von Strafe aus.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Gewiß, dein Herr wartet ja (auf sie).
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
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."
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth 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."
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Keineswegs! Vielmehr behandelt ihr die Waise nicht freigebig
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
und haltet euch nicht gegenseitig zur Speisung des Armen an.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Und ihr verzehrt das Erbe, ja ihr verzehrt es ganz und gar.
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Und ihr liebt den Besitz, ja ihr liebt ihn voll und ganz.
And love wealth with abounding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Keineswegs! Wenn die Erde eingeebnet, ja platt eingeebnet wird
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
und dein Herr kommt und die Engel, Reihe um Reihe,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
und herbeigebracht wird an jenem Tag die Hölle, an jenem Tag wird der Mensch bedenken. Wie soll ihm dann die Selbstbesinnung (nützen)?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the 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?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Er wird sagen: "O hätte ich doch für mein (jenseitiges) Leben (etwas) vorausgeschickt!"
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
An jenem Tag wird niemand strafen, so wie Er straft,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
und niemand wird fesseln, so wie Er fesselt.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
O du Seele, die du Ruhe gefunden hast,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
kehre zu deinem Herrn zufrieden und mit Wohlgefallen zurück.
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Tritt ein unter Meine Diener,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
und tritt ein in Meinen (Paradies)garten.
Enter thou My Garden!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى