Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
-, wo du in dieser Ortschaft deinen Aufenthalt hast,
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
- und bei einem (jeden) Erzeuger und dem, was er zeugt.
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Wir haben den Menschen ja (zu einem Leben) in Mühsal erschaffen.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Meint er etwa, daß überhaupt niemand Macht über ihn hat?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Er sagt: "Ich habe Besitz in Mengen verbraucht."
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Meint er etwa, daß niemand ihn gesehen hat?
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Haben Wir ihm nicht zwei Augen gemacht,
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
eine Zunge und zwei Lippen
And a tongue and two lips?
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
und ihn beide Hochebenen geleitet?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Aber er ist nicht den steilen Paßweg hinaufgestürmt.
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Und was läßt dich wissen, was der steile Paßweg ist?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(Es ist) die Freilassung eines Sklaven10
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
oder zu speisen am Tag der Hungersnot
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
eine Waise, die einem nahe ist,
To an orphan near of kin.
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
oder einen Armen, der dem Boden nahe ist.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Und daß man hierauf zu denjenigen gehört, die glauben, einander die Standhaftigkeit eindringlich empfehlen und einander die Barmherzigkeit eindringlich empfehlen.
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
Das sind die Gefährten der rechten Seite.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Diejenigen aber, die Unsere Zeichen verleugnen, sie sind die Gefährten der unglückseligen Seite.
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.
Über ihnen liegt ein (sie) einschließendes Feuer.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.