Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
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,
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
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.
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
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.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
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?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Er sagt: "Ich habe Besitz in Mengen verbraucht."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
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?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Haben Wir ihm nicht zwei Augen gemacht,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
eine Zunge und zwei Lippen
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
und ihn beide Hochebenen geleitet?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
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.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
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?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(Es ist) die Freilassung eines Sklaven10
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
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
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
eine Waise, die einem nahe ist,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
oder einen Armen, der dem Boden nahe ist.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
Das sind die Gefährten der rechten Seite.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.
Über ihnen liegt ein (sie) einschließendes Feuer.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ