Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
By the sun and its brightness
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
By the Moon as she follows him;
And [by] the moon when it follows it
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
And the moon when she followeth him,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And [by] the day when it displays it
und dem Tag, wenn er sie erscheinen läßt,
And the day when it revealeth him,
By the Night as it conceals it;
And [by] the night when it covers it
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
und der Erde und Dem, Der sie ausgebreitet hat,
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
und einer (jeden) Seele und Dem, Der sie zurechtgeformt hat
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
und ihr dann ihre Sittenlosigkeit und ihre Gottesfurcht eingegeben hat!
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.
When the basest of them broke forth
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
Allahs Gesandter sagte zu ihnen: "(Achtet auf) Allahs Kamelstute und ihre Trinkzeit."
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her 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)!
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
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.
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
Und Er (Allah) fürchtet nicht die Folge davon.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).