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 could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
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 that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit 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 to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
so widmest du dich ihm,
To him do you address yourself.
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
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).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
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 to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
und dabei gottesfürchtig ist,
And he fears,
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
von dem läßt du dich ablenken.
From him will you divert yourself.
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Keineswegs! Gewiß, es ist eine Erinnerung.
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Nay, but verily 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 him who pleases mind it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
(Er steht) auf in Ehren gehaltenen Blättern,
In honored books,
On honoured leaves
(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,
In the hands of scribes
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
edlen, frommen.
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Tod dem Menschen, wie undankbar er ist!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Woraus hat Er ihn erschaffen?
Of what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created 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 hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
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 doth He make His path smooth 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 causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
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 it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
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.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
So schaue der Mensch doch auf seine Nahrung:
Then let man look to his food,
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Wir gießen ja Güsse von Wasser,
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
hierauf spalten Wir die Erde in Spalten auf
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
und lassen dann auf ihr Korn wachsen
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
und Rebstöcke und Grünzeug
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
und Ölbäume und Palmen
And the olive and the palm,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
und Gärten mit dicken Bäumen
And thick gardens,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
und Früchte und Futter,
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
als Nießbrauch für euch und für euer Vieh.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Wenn dann der betäubende (Schrei) kommt,
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
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
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 spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
And from 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).
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,
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
lachen und sich freuen.
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
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 be dust - stained,
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.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.