Chapter 15, 99 verses
Alif-Lam-Ra. Dies sind die Zeichen des Buches und eines deutlichen Qur'ans.
Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that makes (things) clear.
A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation, - of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
Vielleicht werden diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, wünschen, Muslime gewesen zu sein.
Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
Lasse sie nur essen und genießen und sich durch (falsche) Hoffnung ablenken lassen. Sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know.
Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
Und wir haben keine Stadt vernichtet, ohne daß sie eine festgelegte Frist gehabt hätte.
And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
Keine Gemeinschaft kann ihrer Frist vorausgehen, noch sie hinausschieben.
No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
Und sie sagen: "O du, dem (angeblich) die Ermahnung offenbart worden ist, du bist ja fürwahr besessen.
And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are most surely insane:
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
Warum bringst du uns nicht die Engel, wenn du zu den Wahrhaftigen gehörst?"
Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful ones?
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
Wir senden die Engel nur mit der Wahrheit hinab. Dann wird ihnen kein Aufschub gewährt.
We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
Gewiß, Wir sind es, die Wir die Ermahnung offenbart haben, und Wir werden wahrlich ihr Hüter sein.
Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
Wir haben ja bereits vor dir unter den Lagern der Früheren entsandt.
And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the nations of yore.
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
Und kein Gesandter kam zu ihnen, ohne daß sie sich über ihn lustig gemacht hätten.
And there never came an apostle to them but they mocked him.
But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
So lassen Wir ihn in die Herzen der Übeltäter einziehen.
Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the guilty;
Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
Sie glauben nicht daran, obwohl bereits die Gesetzmäßigkeit an den Früheren ergangen ist.
They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed.
That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
Selbst wenn Wir ihnen ein Tor vom Himmel öffneten und sie dauernd dadurch hinaufstiegen,
And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend into it all the while,
Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
würden sie dennoch sagen: "Unsere Blicke sind verschlossen. Nein! Vielmehr sind wir Leute, die einem Zauber verfallen sind."
They would certainly say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.
They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
Und Wir haben ja im Himmel Türme gesetzt und ihn für die Betrachter ausgeschmückt,
And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and We have made it fair seeming to the beholders.
It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair - seeming to (all) beholders;
und Wir haben ihn vor jedem gesteinigten Satan behütet,
And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan,
And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:
außer demjenigen, der verstohlen zuhört, worauf ihn ein deutlich erkennbarer Leuchtkörper verfolgt.
But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame.
But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).
Und die Erde haben Wir gedehnt und darauf festgegründete Berge gesetzt und auf ihr von allen zu wiegenden Dingen wachsen lassen.
And the earth - - We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.
And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.
Und Wir haben auf ihr für euch (Möglichkeiten für den) Lebensunterhalt geschaffen und (auch) für diejenigen, die ihr nicht versorgt.
And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers.
And We have provided therein means of subsistence, - for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.
Und es gibt nichts, dessen Schatzkammern nicht bei Uns wären. Und Wir senden es nur in bestimmtem Maß hinab.
And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We do not send it down but in a known measure.
And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures.
Und Wir senden die Winde zur Befruchtung. Und Wir lassen dann vom Himmel Wasser hinabkommen und geben es euch zu trinken, doch ihr könnt es nicht (alles davon) als Vorrat lagern.
And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.
And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
Und fürwahr, Wir sind es, die lebendig machen und sterben lassen, und Wir sind die (alles) Erbenden.
And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the heirs.
And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).
Und Wir kennen ja diejenigen unter euch, die vorausgehen, und Wir kennen ja (auch) diejenigen, die zurückbleiben.
And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later.
To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.
Und gewiß, dein Herr wird sie versammeln. Er ist Allweise und Allwissend.
And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.
Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
Und Wir haben ja den Menschen aus trockenem Ton, aus fauligem schwarzen Schlamm erschaffen.
And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black mud fashioned in shape.
We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
Und die Ginn haben Wir zuvor aus dem Feuer des Glutwindes erschaffen.
And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire.
And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
Und als dein Herr zu den Engeln sagte: "Ich bin dabei, ein menschliches Wesen aus trockenem Ton, aus fauligem schwarzen Schlamm zu erschaffen.
And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.
Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
Wenn Ich es zurechtgeformt und ihm von Meinem Geist eingehaucht habe, dann fallt und werft euch vor ihm nieder."
So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
Da warfen sich die Engel alle zusammen nieder,
So the angels made obeisance, all of them together,
So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
außer Iblis; er weigerte sich, mit denen zu sein, die sich niederwerfen.
But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance.
Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
Er sagte: "O lblis, was ist mit dir, daß du nicht mit denen bist, die sich niederwerfen?"
He said: O Iblis! what excuse have you that you are not with those who make obeisance?
(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
Er sagte: "Ich kann mich unmöglich vor einem menschlichen Wesen niederwerfen, das Du aus trockenem Ton, aus fauligem schwarzen Schlamm erschaffen hast."
He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.
(Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."
Er sagte: "Dann geh aus ihm hinaus, denn du bist der Steinigung würdig.
He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:
(Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
Und auf dir liegt der Fluch bis zum Tag des Gerichts."
And surely on you is curse until the day of judgment.
"And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
Er sagte: "Mein Herr, so gewähre mir Aufschub bis zu dem Tag, da sie auferweckt werden."
He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when they are raised.
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
Er sagte: "Gewiß, du gehörst zu denjenigen, denen Aufschub gewährt wird
He said: So surely you are of the respited ones
(Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee
bis zum Tag der (wohl)bekannten Zeit."
Till the period of the time made known.
"Till the Day of the Time appointed."
Er sagte: "Mein Herr, darum, daß Du mich in Verirrung hast fallen lassen, werde ich ihnen ganz gewiß auf der Erde (das Böse) ausschmücken und sie ganz gewiß allesamt in Verirrung fallen lassen,
He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to me, I will certainly make (evil) fair - seeming to them on earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviate
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair - seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong, -
außer Deinen Dienern, den auserlesenen unter ihnen."
Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones.
"Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
Er sagte: "Das ist ein gerader Weg, der (einzuhalten) Mir obliegt.
He said: This is a right way with Me:
(Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
Gewiß, über Meine Diener hast du keine Macht, außer wer dir von den Verirrten folgt."
Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority, over them except those who follow you of the deviators.
"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
Und die Hölle ist wahrlich ihrer aller Verabredung(sort).
And surely Hell is the promised place of them all:
And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
Sie hat sieben Tore, und jedem Tor wird ein Teil von ihnen zugewiesen.
It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them.
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
Die Gottesfürchtigen aber werden in Gärten und an Quellen sein:
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains:
The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear - flowing water).
Betretet sie in Frieden und in Sicherheit.
Enter them in peace, secure.
(Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."
Und Wir nehmen weg, was in ihren Brüsten an Groll ist, als Brüder auf Liegen (ruhend), einander gegenüber.
And We will root out whatever of rancor is in their breasts - - (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face.
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).
Darin widerfährt ihnen weder Mühsal, noch werden sie daraus vertrieben.
Toil shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be ever ejected from it.
There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
Tue Meinen Dienern kund, daß Ich es bin, der Allvergebend und Barmherzig ist,
Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft - forgiving, Most Merciful;
und daß Meine Strafe die schmerzhafte Strafe ist.
And that My punishment - - that is the painful punishment.
And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
Und gib ihnen Kunde über die Gäste Ibrahims.
And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim:
Tell them about the guests of Abraham.
Als sie bei ihm eintraten und sagten: "Frieden!", sagte er: "Wir ängstigen uns vor euch."
When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely we are afraid of you.
When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
Sie sagten: "Ängstige dich nicht. Wir verkünden dir einen kenntnisreichen Jungen."
They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good news of a boy, possessing knowledge.
They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
Er sagte: "Ihr verkündet (es) mir, obwohl mir das hohe Alter widerfahren ist! Was verkündet ihr mir denn da?"
He said: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old age has come upon me? - - Of what then do you give me good news!
He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
Sie sagten: "Wir verkünden (es) dir der Wahrheit entsprechend. So gehöre nicht zu denen, die die Hoffnung verlieren."
They said: We give you good news with truth, therefore be not of the despairing.
They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
Er sagte: "Wer verliert die Hoffnung auf die Barmherzigkeit seines Herrn außer den Irregehenden?"
He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones?
He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
Er sagte: "Was ist nun euer Auftrag, ihr Boten?"
He said: What is your business then, O apostles?
Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"
Sie sagten: "Wir sind zu einem Volk von Übeltätern gesandt,
They said: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people,
They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
ausgenommen die Sippe Luts. Diese werden Wir wahrlich allesamt erretten,
Except Lut's followers: We will most surely deliver them all,
"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm), - All -
außer seiner Frau." Wir haben (es so) bestimmt, sie gehörte fürwahr zu denen, die zurückbleiben.
Except his wife; We ordained that she shall surely be of those who remain behind.
"Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
Als nun die Gesandten zu der Sippe Luts kamen,
So when the apostles came to Lut's followers,
At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
sagte er: "Ihr seid ja fremde Leute."
He said: Surely you are an unknown people.
He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
Sie sagten: "Nein! Vielmehr kommen wir zu dir mit dem, woran sie zu zweifeln pflegten.
They said: Nay, we have come to you with that about which they disputed.
They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
Und wir kommen zu dir mit der Gewißheit, und wir sagen gewiß Wahrheit.
And we have come to you with the truth, and we are most surely truthful.
"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
So zieh mit deinen Angehörigen in einem Teil der Nacht fort, und folge du hinterdrein. Und niemand von euch soll sich umwenden, geht weiter, wohin euch befohlen wird."
Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the night and yourself follow their rear, and let not any one of you turn round, and go forth whither you are commanded.
"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
Und Wir haben ihm diese Angelegenheit mitgeteilt, daß der letzte Rest dieser Leute bei Tagesanbruch ausgetilgt werde.
And We revealed to him this decree, that the roots of these shall be cut off in the morning.
And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
Und die Bewohner der Stadt kamen voller Freude.
And the people of the town came rejoicing.
The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
Er sagte: "Das sind meine Gäste, so stellt mich nicht bloß.
He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me,
Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
Und fürchtet Allah und stürzt mich nicht in Schande."
And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not put me to shame.
"But fear Allah, and shame me not."
Sie sagten: "Haben wir dir nicht die Weltenbewohner verboten (als Gäste aufzunehmen)?4"
They said: Have we not forbidden you from (other) people?
They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
Er sagte: "Hier sind meine Töchter, wenn ihr etwas tun wollt."
He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught).
He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."
Bei deinem Leben, sie irrten wahrlich in ihrer Trunkenheit umher.
By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.
Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
Da ergriff sie der Schrei bei Sonnenaufgang,
So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of sunrise;
But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,
und Wir kehrten das Oberste von ihr zuunterst und ließen auf sie Steine aus gebranntem Lehm regnen.
Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of what had been decreed.
And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
Darin sind wahrlich Zeichen für die Betrachtenden.
Surely in this are signs for those who examine.
Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
Und sie liegt fürwahr an einem noch bestehenden Weg.
And surely it is on a road that still abides.
And the (cities were) right on the high - road.
Darin ist wahrlich ein Zeichen für die Gläubigen.
Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.
Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.
Und die Bewohner des Dickichts taten fürwahr Unrecht,
And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust.
And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong - doers;
so übten Wir an ihnen Vergeltung. Beide liegen fürwahr an einem deutlichen Weg.
So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an open road (still) pursued.
So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.
Und die Bewohner von al-Higr bezichtigten die Gesandten der Lüge.
And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the apostles;
The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:
Wir ließen ihnen Unsere Zeichen zukommen, aber sie wandten sich von ihnen ab.
And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them;
We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.
Und sie hauten aus den Bergen Häuser aus, im Trachten nach Sicherheit.
And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.
Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
Da ergriff sie der Schrei bei Tagesanbruch;
So the rumbling overtook them in the morning;
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,
so nützte ihnen nicht, was sie erworben hatten.
And what they earned did not avail them.
And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!
Wir haben die Himmel und die Erde und was dazwischen ist nur in Wahrheit erschaffen. Gewiß, die Stunde wird sicher eintreffen. So übe schöne Nachsicht.
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two but in truth; and the hour is most surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.
Dein Herr ist der Allerschaffer und der Allwissende.
Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing.
For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master - Creator, knowing all things.
Und Wir haben dir doch sieben von den sich wiederholenden Versen gegeben, und (auch) den großartigen Qur'an.
And certainly We have given you seven of the oft - repeated (verses) and the grand Quran.
And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft - repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
Richte ja nicht deine Augen auf das, was Wir manchen von ihnen paarweise als Nießbrauch gewähren. Und sei nicht traurig über sie. Und senke deinen Flügel für die Gläubigen,
Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and make yourself gentle to the believers.
Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in gentleness) to the believers.
und sag: Ich bin ja der deutliche Warner.
And say: Surely I am the plain warner.
And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity," -
Wie Wir (die Strafe) auf diejenigen hinabgesandt haben, die aufteilten,
Like as We sent down on the dividers
(Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts), -
die den Qur'an (in einzelne Teile) zergliedert haben.
Those who made the Quran into shreds.
(So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).
Ja, bei deinem Herrn! Wir werden sie allesamt ganz gewiß befragen
So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them all,
Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,
über das, was sie zu tun pflegten.
As to what they did.
For all their deeds.
So verkünde denn laut, was dir befohlen wird, und wende dich von den Götzendienern ab.
Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn aside from the polytheists.
Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.
Wir genügen dir (als Schutz) vor den Spöttern,
Surely We will suffice you against the scoffers
For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff, -
die neben Allah einen anderen Gott setzen. Aber sie werden (es noch) erfahren.
Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall soon know.
Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know.
Wir wissen ja, daß deine Brust beklommen ist wegen dessen, was sie sagen.
And surely We know that your breast straitens at what they say;
We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.
Aber lobpreise deinen Herrn und gehöre zu denen, die sich niederwerfen,
Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of those who make obeisance.
But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.
und diene deinem Herrn, bis die Gewißheit zu dir kommt.
And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which is certain.
And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is Certain.