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Surah An-Najm

The Star

Chapter 53 of 114

Schöne Koranrezitation

Surah An-Najm

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

The Surah takes its name from the word wal-lail with which it opens.

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Surah 53 of 114

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German
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Salaah Bukhaatir

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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>The Surah takes its name from the word <em>wal-lail</em> with which it opens.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Ash-Shams that each Surah seems to be an explanation of the other. It is one and the same thing which has been explained in Surah Ash-Shams in one way and in this Surah in another. This indicates that both these Surahs were sent down in about the same period.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>Its theme is to distinguish between the two different ways of life and to explain the contrast between their ultimate ends and results. In view of the subject matter this Surah consists of two parts, the first part consisting of <a href=/92/1-11>vv. 1-11</a> and the second of <a href=/92/12-21>vv. 12-21</a>.</p>
<p>In the first part, at the outset it has been pointed out that the strivings and doings that the individuals, nations and groups of mankind are engaged in in the world, are, in respect of their moral nature, as divergent as the day is from the night, and the male from the female. After this, according to the general style of the brief Surahs of the Quran, three moral characteristics of one kind and three moral characteristics of the other kind have been presented as an illustration from among a vast collection of the strivings and activities of man, from which every man can judge which style of life is represented by one kind of the characteristics and which style of life by the other kind. Both these styles have been described in such brief, elegant. and pithy sentences that they move the heart and go down into memory as soon as one hears them. Characteristics of the first kind are that one should spend one's wealth, adopt God-consciousness and piety, and acknowledge the good as
good. The second kind of the characteristics are that one should be miserly, should least care for God's pleasure and His displeasure, and should repudiate what is good and right. Then it has been stated that these two modes of action which are clearly divergent, cannot be equal and alike in respect of their results. But, just as they are divergent in their nature, so they are divergent in their results. The person (or group of persons) who adopts the first mode of action, Allah will make easy for him the correct way of life, so much so that doing good will become easy for him and doing evil difficult. On the contrary, he who adopts the second mode of life, Allah will make easy for him the difficult and hard way of life, so much so that doing evil will become easy for him and doing good difficult. This passage has been concluded with a most effective and touching sentence, saying: "This worldly wealth for the sake of which man is even prepared to risk his life will not go down with
him into the grave; therefore, what will it avail him after death?"</p>
<p>In the second part also three truths have been stated equally briefly. First, that Allah has not left man uninformed in the examination hall of the world, but He has taken on Himself the responsibility to tell him which one is the straight and right way out of the different ways of life. Here, there was no need to point out that by sending His Messenger and His Book He has fulfilled His this responsibility, for both the Messenger and the Book were present to afford the guidance. Second, that the Master of both the world and the Hereafter is Allah alone. If you seek the world, it is He Who will give it, and if you seek the Hereafter, again it is He Who will give it. Now, it is for you to decide what you should seek from Him. The third truth that has been stated is that the wretched one who rejects the good, which is being presented through the Messenger and the Book, and turns away from it, will have a blazing fire ready for him. As for the God fearing person who spends his
wealth in a good cause, without any selfish motive, only for the sake of winning his Lord's good pleasure, his Lord will be pleased with him and will bless him with so much that he will be well pleased with Him.</p>

Verse by verse

Surah An-Najm · The Star

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

    Bei dem Stern, wenn er sinkt!

  2. Ayah 2

    مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

    Nicht in die Irre geht euer Gefährte, und auch nicht einem Irrtum ist er erlegen,

  3. Ayah 3

    وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

    und er redet nicht aus (eigener) Neigung.

  4. Ayah 4

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ

    Es ist nur eine Offenbarung, die eingegeben wird.

  5. Ayah 5

    عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ

    Belehrt hat ihn der Besitzer starker Kräfte,

  6. Ayah 6

    ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ

    der (geistige) Macht besitzt. So stand Er da

  7. Ayah 7

    وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ

    und war am obersten Gesichtskreis.

  8. Ayah 8

    ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

    Hierauf kam er näher und stieg herunter,

  9. Ayah 9

    فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

    so daß er (nur) zwei Bogenlängen entfernt war oder noch näher.

  10. Ayah 10

    فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ

    Da gab Er Seinem Diener (als Offenbarung) ein, was Er eingab.

  11. Ayah 11

    مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ

    Nicht hat sein Herz erlogen, was es sah.

  12. Ayah 12

    أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

    Wollt ihr denn mit ihm streiten über das, was er sieht?

  13. Ayah 13

    وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    Und er sah ihn ja ein anderes Mal herabkommen,

  14. Ayah 14

    عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

    beim Sidr-Baum des Endziels,

  15. Ayah 15

    عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ

    bei dem der Garten der Zuflucht ist.

  16. Ayah 16

    إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

    Als den Sidr-Baum überdeckte, was (ihn) überdeckte,

  17. Ayah 17

    مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

    da wich der Blick nicht ab, noch überschritt er das Maß.

  18. Ayah 18

    لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ

    Wahrlich, er sah von den Zeichen seines Herrn die größten.

  19. Ayah 19

    أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ

    Was meint ihr wohl zu al-Lat und al-'Uzza

  20. Ayah 20

    وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

    und auch zu Manat, dieser anderen, der dritten?

  21. Ayah 21

    أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ

    Ist denn für euch das, was männlich ist, und für Ihn das, was weiblich ist (bestimmt)?

  22. Ayah 22

    تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ

    Das wäre dann eine ungerechte Verteilung.

  23. Ayah 23

    إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ

    Das sind nur Namen, die ihr genannt habt, ihr und eure Väter, für die Allah (aber) keine Ermächtigung herabgesandt hat. Sie folgen nur Vermutungen und dem, wozu sie selbst neigen, wo doch bereits von ihrem Herrn die Rechtleitung zu ihnen gekommen ist.

  24. Ayah 24

    أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

    Oder soll (etwa) der Mensch haben, was (immer) er (sich) wünscht?

  25. Ayah 25

    فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ

    So gehört Allah das Jenseits und das Diesseits.

  26. Ayah 26

    وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ

    Und wie viele Engel gibt es in den Himmeln, deren Fürsprache nichts nützt, außer nachdem Allah es erlaubt hat, wem Er will und wer Sein Wohlgefallen findet.

  27. Ayah 27

    إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ

    Diejenigen, die an das Jenseits nicht glauben, benennen die Engel fürwahr mit Namen, wie weibliche Wesen benannt werden.

  28. Ayah 28

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا

    Sie haben jedoch kein Wissen hierüber. Sie folgen nur Vermutungen; die Vermutungen nützen aber nichts gegenüber der Wahrheit.

  29. Ayah 29

    فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

    Laß nun ab von jemandem, der sich von Unserer Ermahnung abkehrt und nur das diesseitige Leben will.

  30. Ayah 30

    ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ

    Das ist ihr erreichter Wissensstand. Gewiß, dein Herr kennt sehr wohl wer von Seinem Weg abirrt, und Er kennt sehr wohl die Rechtgeleiteten.

  31. Ayah 31

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى

    Allah gehört (alles), was in den Himmeln und was auf der Erde ist, auf daß Er denjenigen, die Böses tun, das vergelte, was sie tun, und daß Er denjenigen, die Gutes tun, mit dem (Allerbesten vergelte.

  32. Ayah 32

    الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ

    Diejenigen, die schwerwiegende Sünden und Abscheulichkeiten meiden, außer leichten Verfehlungen... Gewiß, dein Herr ist Allumfassend in (Seiner) Vergebung. Er weiß sehr wohl über euch Bescheid, als Er euch aus der Erde hervorgebracht hat und als ihr Keimlinge in den Leibern eurer Mütter gewesen seid. So erklärt nicht euch selbst für lauter. Er weiß sehr wohl, wer gottesfürchtig ist.

  33. Ayah 33

    أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ

    Was meinst du wohl zu demjenigen, der sich abkehrt

  34. Ayah 34

    وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ

    und (nur) wenig gibt und dann (ganz) aussetzt?

  35. Ayah 35

    أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ

    Besitzt er (etwa) Wissen über das Verborgene, daß er sehen könnte?

  36. Ayah 36

    أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ

    Oder wurde ihm nicht kundgetan, was auf den Blättern Musas steht

  37. Ayah 37

    وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ

    und Ibrahims, der (seine Pflichten) erfüllte?

  38. Ayah 38

    أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

    (Nämlich,) daß keine lasttragende (Seele) die Last einer anderen auf sich nehmen wird

  39. Ayah 39

    وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

    und daß es für den Menschen nichts anderes geben wird als das, worum er sich (selbst) bemüht,

  40. Ayah 40

    وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ

    daß sein Bemühen gesehen werden wird,

  41. Ayah 41

    ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ

    daß ihm hierauf nach vollem Maß vergolten wird

  42. Ayah 42

    وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

    und daß zu deinem Herrn das Endziel sein wird

  43. Ayah 43

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ

    und daß Er es ist, Der lachen und weinen läßt,

  44. Ayah 44

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

    und daß Er es ist, Der sterben läßt und wieder lebendig macht,

  45. Ayah 45

    وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ

    daß Er beide Teile des Paares, das Männliche und das Weibliche, erschafft

  46. Ayah 46

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

    aus einem Samentropfen, wenn er ausgespritzt wird,

  47. Ayah 47

    وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

    und daß Ihm die letzte Schöpfung obliegt

  48. Ayah 48

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ

    und daß Er es ist, Der reich macht und Der genügsam macht,

  49. Ayah 49

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ

    und daß Er es ist, Der der Herr des Hundssterns ist,

  50. Ayah 50

    وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ

    daß Er die früheren 'Ad vernichtete

  51. Ayah 51

    وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ

    und (auch) die Tamud; so ließ Er nichts übrig;

  52. Ayah 52

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

    und zuvor das Volk Nuhs - gewiß, sie waren ja noch ungerechter und übermäßiger (in ihrem Frevel).

  53. Ayah 53

    وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

    Und die umgestürzte Stadt ließ Er stürzen.

  54. Ayah 54

    فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ

    Und so überdeckte sie, was (sie dann) überdeckte.

  55. Ayah 55

    فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ

    Welche der Wohltaten deines Herrn willst du nun bestreiten?

  56. Ayah 56

    هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ

    Das ist ein Warner wie die früheren Warner.

  57. Ayah 57

    أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ

    Es steht bevor die immer näher kommende (Stunde des Gerichts);

  58. Ayah 58

    لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

    niemand außer Allah kann sie beheben.

  59. Ayah 59

    أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

    Wundert ihr euch denn über diese Aussage

  60. Ayah 60

    وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

    und lacht ihr, und weint ihr nicht,

  61. Ayah 61

    وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ

    und seid ihr noch belustigt?

  62. Ayah 62

    فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩

    Werft euch doch vor Allah nieder und dient (Ihm).

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