85Al-Burooj

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ

And by the Promised Day.

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ

Of the fuel-fed fire,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

When they sat by it,

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ

They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ

Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ

Lord of the Throne of Glory,

فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ

Doer of what He will.

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ

On a guarded tablet.