Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
By the sun and its brightness
Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
And [by] the moon when it follows it
und dem Mond, wenn er ihr folgt,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
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,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
And [by] the night when it covers it
und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
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,
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
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,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
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
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
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!
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Wohl ergehen wird es ja jemandem, der sie läutert,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
und enttäuscht sein wird ja, wer sie verkümmern läßt.
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
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,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
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.
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
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."
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
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.
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا