Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
-, wo du in dieser Ortschaft deinen Aufenthalt hast,
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
- und bei einem (jeden) Erzeuger und dem, was er zeugt.
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Wir haben den Menschen ja (zu einem Leben) in Mühsal erschaffen.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Meint er etwa, daß überhaupt niemand Macht über ihn hat?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Er sagt: "Ich habe Besitz in Mengen verbraucht."
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Meint er etwa, daß niemand ihn gesehen hat?
Does he think that none sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Haben Wir ihm nicht zwei Augen gemacht,
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
eine Zunge und zwei Lippen
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
und ihn beide Hochebenen geleitet?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Aber er ist nicht den steilen Paßweg hinaufgestürmt.
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Und was läßt dich wissen, was der steile Paßweg ist?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(Es ist) die Freilassung eines Sklaven10
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
oder zu speisen am Tag der Hungersnot
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
eine Waise, die einem nahe ist,
To an orphan near of kin.
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
oder einen Armen, der dem Boden nahe ist.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Und daß man hierauf zu denjenigen gehört, die glauben, einander die Standhaftigkeit eindringlich empfehlen und einander die Barmherzigkeit eindringlich empfehlen.
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Das sind die Gefährten der rechten Seite.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Diejenigen aber, die Unsere Zeichen verleugnen, sie sind die Gefährten der unglückseligen Seite.
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Über ihnen liegt ein (sie) einschließendes Feuer.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ