Chapter 80, 42 verses
Er blickte düster und kehrte sich ab,
He frowned and turned (his) back,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
The Prophet frowned and turned away
weil der Blinde zu ihm kam.
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Was läßt dich wissen, vielleicht läutert er sich
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
oder bedenkt, so daß ihm die Ermahnung nützt.
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Was nun jemanden angeht, der sich für unbedürftig hält,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
so widmest du dich ihm,
To him do you address yourself.
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you give attention.
obgleich es dich nicht zu kümmern hat, daß er sich nicht läutern will.
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Was aber jemanden angeht, der zu dir geeilt kommt
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
und dabei gottesfürchtig ist,
And he fears,
And hath fear,
While he fears [Allah],
von dem läßt du dich ablenken.
From him will you divert yourself.
From him thou art distracted.
From him you are distracted.
Keineswegs! Gewiß, es ist eine Erinnerung.
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Wer nun will, gedenkt seiner.
So let him who pleases mind it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills may remember it.
(Er steht) auf in Ehren gehaltenen Blättern,
In honored books,
On honoured leaves
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
erhöhten und rein gehaltenen,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
durch die Hände von Entsandten,
In the hands of scribes
(Set down) by scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
edlen, frommen.
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and righteous.
Noble and dutiful.
Tod dem Menschen, wie undankbar er ist!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Woraus hat Er ihn erschaffen?
Of what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what substance did He create him?
Aus einem Samentropfen hat Er ihn erschaffen und ihm dabei sein Maß festgesetzt.
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Den Weg hierauf macht Er ihm leicht.
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He eased the way for him;
Hierauf läßt Er ihn sterben und bringt ihn dann ins Grab.
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Hierauf, wenn Er will, läßt Er ihn auferstehen.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Keineswegs! Er hat noch nicht ausgeführt, was Er ihm befohlen hat.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
So schaue der Mensch doch auf seine Nahrung:
Then let man look to his food,
Let man consider his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
Wir gießen ja Güsse von Wasser,
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
How We poured down water in torrents,
hierauf spalten Wir die Erde in Spalten auf
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
und lassen dann auf ihr Korn wachsen
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And caused to grow within it grain
und Rebstöcke und Grünzeug
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and herbage
und Ölbäume und Palmen
And the olive and the palm,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olive and palm trees
und Gärten mit dicken Bäumen
And thick gardens,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
und Früchte und Futter,
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
And fruit and grass -
als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Wenn dann der betäubende (Schrei) kommt,
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when the Shout cometh
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
am Tag, da der Mensch flieht vor seinem Bruder
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
und seiner Mutter und seinem Vater
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
und seiner Gefährtin und seinen Söhnen
And his spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
jedermann von ihnen wird an jenem Tag eine Angelegenheit haben, die ihn beschäftigt.
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag erstrahlen,
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
lachen und sich freuen.
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Und auf (den anderen) Gesichtern wird an jenem Tag Staub sein.
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
und sie werden von Dunkelheit bedeckt sein.
Darkness shall cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them.
Das sind die Ungläubigen und Sittenlosen.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.