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,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
Chapter 87, 19 verses
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,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
Who created and proportioned
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
الذي خلق فسوى
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
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).
والذي قدر فهدى
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings out the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then makes it dark stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
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),
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
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.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
außer dem, was Allah will. Er weiß ja, was laut vernehmbar geäußert wird und was verborgen bleibt.
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).
ونيسرك لليسرى
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
سيذكر من يخشى
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
Neither dying therein nor living.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
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).
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.