Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nein! Ich schwöre beim Tag der Auferstehung.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Nein! Ich schwöre bei der Seele, die sich selbst tadelt.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß Wir seine Knochen nicht zusammenfügen werden?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Ja doch! (Wir) haben die Macht dazu, seine Fingerspitzen zurechtzuformen.
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Aber nein! Der Mensch will (fortdauernd) vor sich hin lasterhaft sein.
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Er fragt: "Wann wird bloß der Tag der Auferstehung sein?"
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Wenn dann der Blick verwirrt ist
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
und der Mond sich verfinstert
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
und Sonne und Mond zusammengebracht werden,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
wird der Mensch an jenem Tag sagen: "Wohin soll die Flucht sein?"
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Keineswegs! (Es gibt) keine Zuflucht.
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag der Weg zum Aufenthaltsort (führen).
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Dem Menschen wird an jenem Tag kundgetan, was er vorausgeschickt und zurückgestellt hat.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Aber nein! Der Mensch wird bezüglich seiner selbst durchblicken,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
auch wenn er seine Entschuldigungen vorbrächte .
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Bewege deine Zunge nicht damit, um ihn übereilt weiterzugeben.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Uns obliegt es, ihn zusammenzustellen und ihn vorlesen zu lassen.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Und (erst) wenn Wir ihn vorgelesen haben, dann folge du der Art seines Vortragens".
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Hierauf obliegt es Uns, ihn klar darzulegen.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Keineswegs! Vielmehr liebt ihr das schnell Eintreffende,
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
und laßt das Jenseits (außer acht).
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag strahlen,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
zu ihrem Herrn schauen.
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Und (die anderen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag finster sein;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
die meinen, es würde ihnen das Rückgrat gebrochen.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Keineswegs! Wenn sie das Schlüsselbein erreicht
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
und gesagt wird: "Wer ist ein Zauberer (, der ihn retten kann)?",
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
und wenn er meint, daß es (jetzt) die Trennung sei,
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
und wenn (bei ihm) sich das eine Bein um das andere legt,
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
zu deinem Herrn wird an jenem Tag das Treiben sein.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Doch hielt er nicht (die Botschaft) für wahr noch betete er,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
sondern er erklärte (sie) für Lüge, und er kehrte sich ab.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Hierauf ging er zu seinen Angehörigen, stolzierend.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
- "Wehe dir, ja wehe!
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Abermals: Wehe dir, ja wehe!"
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Meint der Mensch (etwa), daß er außer acht gelassen wird?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Ist er nicht ein Tropfen von Samenflüssigkeit, die ausgespritzt wird,
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
hierauf ein Anhängsel gewesen? Da hat Er erschaffen und zurechtgeformt
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
und dann daraus beide Teile des Paares gemacht, das Männliche und das Weibliche.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Hat dieser (Gott) nicht die Macht, die Toten wieder lebendig zu machen?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ