Chapter 71, 28 verses
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Wir sandten ja Nuh zu seinem Volk: "Warne dein Volk, bevor schmerzhafte Strafe über sie kommt."
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Er sagte: "O mein Volk, ich bin euch ja ein deutlicher Warner,
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
(euch zu mahnen:) Dient Allah und fürchtet Ihn, und gehorcht mir,
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.' "
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
so wird Er euch (etwas) von euren Sünden vergeben und euch auf eine festgesetzte Frist zurückstellen. Gewiß, Allahs Frist, wenn sie kommt, kann nicht zurückgestellt werden, wenn ihr nur wüßtet!"
"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew."
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Er sagte: "Mein Herr, ich habe mein Volk bei Nacht und bei Tag aufgerufen.
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Aber mein Rufen hat sie nur in ihrer Flucht bestärkt.
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
Gewiß, jedesmal, wenn ich sie aufrief, damit Du ihnen vergibst, steckten sie ihre Finger in ihre Ohren, überdeckten sich mit ihren Gewändern, verharrten (im Irrtum) und verhielten sich sehr hochmütig.
"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.
Then I invited them publicly.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Hierauf richtete ich an sie den Ruf dann öffentlich.
"So I have called to them aloud;
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Hierauf sprach ich zu ihnen offen und ganz im geheimen.
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Ich sagte: .Bittet euren Herrn um Vergebung - Er ist ja Allvergebend -,
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
so wird Er den Regen auf euch ergiebig (herab)senden
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
und euch mit Besitz und Söhnen unterstützen und für euch Gärten machen und für euch Bäche machen.
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Was ist mit euch, daß ihr nicht glaubt, von Allah würdevoll behandelt zu werden,
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
While He has created you in stages?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
wo Er euch doch in Entwicklungsabschnitten erschaffen hat?
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Seht ihr nicht, wie Allah sieben Himmel in Schichten (übereinander) erschaffen hat,
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
den Mond darin zu einem Licht gemacht und die Sonne zu einem Leuchtkörper gemacht hat?
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Und Allah hat euch aus der Erde heranwachsen lassen.
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Hierauf wird Er euch in sie zurückbringen und gewiß (wieder aus ihr) hervorbringen.
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
Und Allah hat euch die Erde zu einer ausgebreiteten Unterlage gemacht,
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
damit ihr auf ihr dahinziehen könnt - auf Wegen als breiten Durchgängen'."
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Nuh sagte: "Mein Herr, sie haben sich mir widersetzt und sind jemandem gefolgt, dem sein Besitz und seine Kinder nur den Verlust mehren.
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Und sie haben ungeheure Ränke geschmiedet.
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Und sie haben gesagt: .Verlaßt doch nicht eure Götter; verlaßt doch nicht Wadd, noch Suwa", noch Yagut,Ya'uq und Nasr.'
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
Sie haben ja viele in die Irre geführt. So lasse die Ungerechten nur noch tiefer in die Irre gehen."
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Wegen ihrer Verfehlungen wurden sie ertränkt und dann in ein (Höllen)feuer hineingebracht. Und da fanden sie für sich außer Allah keine Helfer.
Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found - in lieu of Allah - none to help them.
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Und Nuh sagte: "Mein Herr, lasse auf der Erde von den Ungläubigen nicht einen einzigen Bewohner.
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Denn, gewiß, wenn Du sie (leben) läßt, führen sie Deine Diener in die Irre und zeugen nur Sittenlose und sehr beharrliche Ungläubige.
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
Mein Herr, vergib mir und meinen Eltern und demjenigen, der als Gläubiger mein Haus betritt, und den gläubigen Männern und den gläubigen Frauen. Und stürze die Ungerechten nur noch tiefer ins Verderben."
"O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong - doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!"