Chapter 87, 19 verses
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
Who created and proportioned
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings out the pasturage,
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then makes it dark stubble.
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
außer dem, was Allah will. Er weiß ja, was laut vernehmbar geäußert wird und was verborgen bleibt.
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
Neither dying therein nor living.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).