Chapter 86, 17 verses
Beim Himmel und dem Pochenden!
By the sky and the night comer -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
By the Sky and the Night - Visitant (therein); -
Und was läßt dich wissen, was der Pochende ist?
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will explain to thee what the Night - Visitant is? -
(Es ist) der durchbohrend helle Stem.
It is the piercing star -
- The piercing Star!
(It is) the Star of piercing brightness; -
Es gibt keine Seele, über der nicht ein Hüter (eingesetzt) ist.
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is no soul but has a protector over it.
So soll der Mensch doch hinsehen, woraus er erschaffen ist.
So let man observe from what he was created.
So let man consider from what he is created.
Now let man but think from what he is created!
Er ist aus sich ergießendem Wasser erschaffen,
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created from a drop emitted -
das zwischen der Lende und der (weiblichen) Brust hervorkommt.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:
Er hat die Macht dazu, ihn zurückkehren zu lassen,
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!
am Tag, da die geheimsten Gedanken geprüft werden.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,
Dann hat er weder Kraft noch einen Helfer.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
(Man) will have no power, and no helper.
Beim Himmel mit der Wiederkehr
By the sky which returns [rain]
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
und der Erde mit ihren Sprüngen!
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), -
Er ist wahrlich ein entscheidendes Wort;
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):
er ist kein Scherz.
And it is not amusement.
It is no pleasantry.
It is not a thing for amusement.
Sie wenden eine List an,
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
Und Ich wende eine List an.
But I am planning a plan.
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I am planning a scheme.
So lasse den Ungläubigen noch Zeit; lasse ihnen nur eine Weile Zeit.
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).