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