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