Chapter 55, 78 verses
Der Allerbarmer
The Most Merciful
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
hat den Qur'an gelehrt.
Taught the Qur'an,
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
Er hat den Menschen erschaffen.
Created man,
He created man.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Er hat ihn die klare Darlegung gelehrt.
[And] taught him eloquence.
He taught him eloquent speech.
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
Die Sonne und der Mond (laufen) nach Berechnung.
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
Die stiellosen Pflanzen und die Bäume werfen sich nieder.
And the stars and trees prostrate.
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
Den Himmel hat Er emporgehoben und die Waage aufgestellt,
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
damit ihr beim Wägen nicht das Maß überschreitet.
That you not transgress within the balance.
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
Und meßt das Gewicht in Gerechtigkeit und gebt beim Wägen nicht weniger.
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Und die Erde hat Er für die Geschöpfe (an)gelegt;
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
auf ihr gibt es Früchte, Palmen mit Fruchthüllen
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
und Korn mit Halmen und duftende Pflanzen.
And grain having husks and scented plants.
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Er hat den Menschen aus trockenem Ton wie Töpferware erschaffen.
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
Und Er hat die Ginn aus einer unruhigen Feuerflamme erschaffen.
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(Er ist) der Herr der beiden Osten und der Herr der beiden Westen.
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Er hat den beiden Meeren freien Lauf gelassen; sie treffen aufeinander,
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
zwischen ihnen ist (aber) ein trennendes Hindernis, (das)s sie (ihre Grenzen) nicht überschreiten.
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Aus ihnen beiden kommen Perlen und Korallen hervor.
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Und Sein sind (auch) die (hoch)gebauten auf dem Meer fahrenden (Schiffe), wie Berge.
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Alle, die auf ihr sind, werden vergehen;
Everyone upon the earth will perish,
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
bleiben wird (nur) das Angesicht deines Herrn, Besitzer der Erhabenheit und Ehre.
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Ihn bittet wer in den Himmeln und auf der Erde ist. Jeden Tag befaßt Er sich mit einer Angelegenheit.
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.
Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He is (engaged) in some affair (such as giving honour or disgrace to some, life or death to some, etc.)!
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Wir werden Uns euch widmen, ihr beiden Schwerlastenden.
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
O ihr Gesellschaft der Ginn und der Menschen, wenn ihr aus den Bezirken der Himmel und der Erde hinausdringen könnt, so dringt doch heraus. Ihr werdet nicht herausdringen, außer mit einer Ermächtigung.
O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah].
O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)!
يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Gegen euch beide wird eine rauchlose Feuerflamme und Kupfer gesandt werden, so werdet ihr euch selbst nicht helfen (können).
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Wenn der Himmel sich spalten und dann rosig werden wird wie Farböl
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose - colored like oil -
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
an jenem Tag nun werden nach ihrer Sünde weder Mensch noch Gänn gefragt.
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
So on that Day no question will be asked of man or jinns as to his sin, [because they have already been known from their faces either white (dwellers of Paradise - true believers of Islamic Monotheism) or black (dwellers of Hell - polytheists; disbelievers, criminals)].
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Die Übeltäter werden an ihrem Merkmal erkannt werden und dann an den Stirnlocken und an den Füßen ergriffen.
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Das ist die Hölle, die die Übeltäter für Lüge erklären.
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
Sie werden zwischen ihr und siedend heißem Wasser umhergehen.
They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Für jemanden aber, der den Stand seines Herrn fürchtet, wird es zwei Gärten geben
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
die beide Zweige haben.
Having [spreading] branches.
With spreading branches.
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Darin sind zwei Quellen, die fließen.
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Darin gibt es von jeder Frucht zwei Arten'.
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Sie werden sich auf Ruhebetten lehnen, deren Futter aus schwerem Brokat sind. Und die Ernte der beiden Gärten hängt herab.
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Darin sind (weibliche Wesen), die ihre Blicke zurückhalten, die vor ihnen weder Mensch noch Ginn berührt haben
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -
Wherein both will be Qasirat-ut-Tarf [chaste females (wives) restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands], with whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
als wären sie Rubine und Korallen.
As if they were rubies and coral.
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Ist der Lohn des Guten nicht ebenfalls das Gute?
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
Is there any reward for good other than good?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Unterhalb der beiden gibt es (noch) zwei andere Gärten
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
dich bewachsene.
Dark green [in color].
Dark green (in colour).
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Darin sind zwei sprudelnde Quellen.
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Darin sind Früchte und Palmen und Granatäpfel.
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Darin sind gute schöne (weibliche Wesen)
In them are good and beautiful women -
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
- welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Huris, (die) in den Zelten zurückgezogen (leben) -,
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen? -,
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
die vor ihnen weder Mensch noch Ginn berührt haben.
Untouched before them by man or jinni -
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Sie lehnen sich aufgrünen Decken und schönen Teppichen.
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide denn leugnen?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Segensreich ist der Name deines Herrn, Besitzer der Erhabenheit und Ehre!
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ