Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Preise den Namen deines höchsten Herrn,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who created and proportioned
Der erschafft und dann zurechtformt
الذي خلق فسوى
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
And who destined and [then] guided
und Der das Maß festsetzt und dann rechtleitet
والذي قدر فهدى
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).
And who brings out the pasture
und Der die Weide hervorbringt
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings out the pasturage,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
und sie dann zu dunkelbrauner Spreu macht.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then makes it dark stubble.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Wir werden dich lesen lassen, und dann wirst du nichts vergessen,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared 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
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
And We will ease you toward ease.
Und Wir werden dir den Weg zum Leichteren leicht machen.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
So ermahne -, wenn die Ermahnung nützt.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Bedenken wird jemand, der gottesfürchtig ist.
سيذكر من يخشى
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Meiden aber wird es der Unseligste,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
der dem größten (Höllen)feuer ausgesetzt sein wird;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Neither dying therein nor living.
darin wird er hierauf weder sterben noch leben.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sich läutert,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
und des Namens seines Herrn gedenkt; so betet er.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nein! Vielmehr zieht ihr das diesseitige Leben vor,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
während das Jenseits besser und beständiger ist.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
den Blättern Ibrahims und Musas.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).