85. Al-Buruj

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

By the heaven with its impregnable castles

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

by the Promised Day

وَشَاهِدࣲ وَمَشۡهُودࣲ‏

and by the witness and what is witnessed

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

the people of the pit were destroyed

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

with fire abounding in fuel

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودࣱ‏

while they sat around it

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودࣱ‏

and were witnessing what they did to the believers

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

Against these they had no grudge except that they believed in Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Praiseworthy

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ شَهِيدٌ

to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ

Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the chastisement of Hell, and theirs shall be the chastisement of burning

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣱ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ

As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

– the Lord of the Glorious Throne

فَعَّالࣱ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

the Executor of what He wills

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

Has the story of the armies reached you

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبࣲ‏

The unbelievers are indeed engaged in denying it, calling it a lie

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

although Allah surrounds them

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانࣱ مَّجِيدࣱ‏

Nay; but this is a glorious Qur'an

فِي لَوۡحࣲ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet