In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Word by word
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Moon as she follows him;
Arabic, with marks
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Deutsch
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
Word by word
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Arabic, with marks
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Deutsch
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
Word by word
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Night as it conceals it;
Arabic, with marks
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Deutsch
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
Word by word
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Arabic, with marks
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Deutsch
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
Word by word
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Arabic, with marks
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Deutsch
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
Word by word
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Deutsch
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Deutsch
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Word by word
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Deutsch
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).
Word by word
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Deutsch
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).
Word by word
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Deutsch
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Yusuf Ali
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Deutsch
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Word by word
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Yusuf Ali
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But the Messenger of Allah [Salih عليه السلام] said to them: "Be cautious! (Fear the evil end). That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!
Sie aber bezichtigten ihn der Lüge, und so schnitten sie ihr die Sehnen durch. Da schmetterte ihr Herr sie für ihre Sünde nieder, und so ebnete Er über ihnen die Erde ein.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!