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.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
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.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
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?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
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
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
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.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
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?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Wenn dann der Blick verwirrt ist
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
und der Mond sich verfinstert
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
und Sonne und Mond zusammengebracht werden,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
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?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Keineswegs! (Es gibt) keine Zuflucht.
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
By no means! No place of safety!
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.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
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.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Aber nein! Der Mensch wird bezüglich seiner selbst durchblicken,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
auch wenn er seine Entschuldigungen vorbrächte .
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
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,
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
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.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
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.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Hierauf obliegt es Uns, ihn klar darzulegen.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Keineswegs! Vielmehr liebt ihr das schnell Eintreffende,
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
und laßt das Jenseits (außer acht).
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
(Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag strahlen,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
zu ihrem Herrn schauen.
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
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,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
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.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Keineswegs! Wenn sie das Schlüsselbein erreicht
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
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?
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
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
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
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;
And one leg will be joined with another:
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.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
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,
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
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,
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
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.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
- "Wehe dir, ja wehe!
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Abermals: Wehe dir, ja wehe!"
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
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?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
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,
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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.
Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
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.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
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?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?