85 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac,
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سُورَةُ البُرُوجِ
Al-Burooj · 22 verses
85 : 2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
Ahmed Ali
And the promised day,
85 : 3
وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
And the witness and the witnessed,
85 : 4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Ahmed Ali
That accursed are the men of the trench
85 : 5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
Ahmed Ali
Full of fire fed by faggots,
85 : 6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
As they sat around it
85 : 7
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Witnessing what they had done to the believers!
85 : 8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise,
85 : 9
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ
Ahmed Ali
Whose kingdom spreads over the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything.
85 : 10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Ahmed Ali
Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning.
85 : 11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Ahmed Ali
Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success.
85 : 12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Ahmed Ali
The grip of your Lord is severe indeed!
85 : 13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Ahmed Ali
It is verily He who initiates and repeats.
85 : 14
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
Ahmed Ali
He is the forgiving and the loving,
85 : 15
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Ahmed Ali
The Lord of the glorious Throne,
85 : 16
فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Ahmed Ali
Who does as He pleases.
85 : 17
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Ahmed Ali
Has the story of the hordes
85 : 18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
Ahmed Ali
Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you?
85 : 19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Yet the infidels persist in denial.
85 : 20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
Ahmed Ali
But God surrounds them from all sides.
85 : 21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
This is indeed the glorious Qur'an
85 : 22
فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
Ahmed Ali
(Preserved) on the guarded tablet.