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Al-Buruj

The Mansions of the Stars22 Versesmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
By the sky
ذَاتِ
containing
ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
the constellations
١
By the sky containing great stars
85:2
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
And the Day
ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
Promised
٢
And [by] the promised Day
85:3
وَشَاهِدٍ
And (the) witness
وَمَشۡهُودٍ
and what is witnessed
٣
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
85:4
قُتِلَ
Destroyed were
أَصۡحَـٰبُ
(the) companions
ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
(of) the pit
٤
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1
85:5
ٱلنَّارِ
(Of) the fire
ذَاتِ
full
ٱلۡوَقُودِ
(of) the fuel
٥
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
85:6
إِذۡ
When
هُمۡ
they
عَلَيۡهَا
by it
قُعُودٌ
(were) sitting
٦
When they were sitting near it.
85:7
وَهُمۡ
And they
عَلَىٰ
over
مَا
what
يَفۡعَلُونَ
they were doing
بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
to the believers
شُهُودٌ
witnesses
٧
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 1
85:8
وَمَا
And not
نَقَمُواۡ
they resented
مِنۡهُمۡ
[of] them
إِلَّآ
except
أَن
that
يُؤۡمِنُواۡ
they believed
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
ٱلۡعَزِيزِ
the All-Mighty
ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
the Praiseworthy
٨
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
85:9
ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
لَهُۥ
for Him
مُلۡكُ
(is) the dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوٰتِ
(of) the heavens
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ‌ۚ
and the earth
وَٱللَّهُ
and Allah
عَلَىٰ
on
كُلِّ
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
شَهِيدٌ
(is) a Witness
٩
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1
85:10
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
فَتَنُواۡ
persecuted
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
the believing men
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ
and the believing women
ثُمَّ
then
لَمۡ
not
يَتُوبُواۡ
they repented
فَلَهُمۡ
then for them
عَذَابُ
(is the) punishment
جَهَنَّمَ
(of) Hell
وَلَهُمۡ
and for them
عَذَابُ
(is the) punishment
ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
(of) the Burning Fire
١٠
Indeed, those who have tortured1 the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.
85:11
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believe
وَعَمِلُواۡ
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
the righteous deeds
لَهُمۡ
for them
جَنَّـٰتٌ
(will be) Gardens
تَجۡرِى
flow
مِن
from
تَحۡتِهَا
underneath it
ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ‌ۚ
the rivers
ذٰلِكَ
That
ٱلۡفَوۡزُ
(is) the success
ٱلۡكَبِيرُ
the great
١١
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
85:12
إِنَّ
Indeed
بَطۡشَ
(the) Grip
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
لَشَدِيدٌ
(is) surely strong
١٢
Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.
85:13
إِنَّهُۥ
Indeed He
هُوَ
He
يُبۡدِئُ
originates
وَيُعِيدُ
and repeats
١٣
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
85:14
وَهُوَ
And He
ٱلۡغَفُورُ
(is) the Oft-Forgiving
ٱلۡوَدُودُ
the Most Loving
١٤
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
85:15
ذُو
Owner (of)
ٱلۡعَرۡشِ
the Throne
ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
the Glorious
١٥
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
85:16
فَعَّالٌ
Doer
لِّمَا
of what
يُرِيدُ
He intends
١٦
Effecter of what He intends.
85:17
هَلۡ
Has
أَتَـٰكَ
come to you
حَدِيثُ
(the) story
ٱلۡجُنُودِ
(of) the hosts
١٧
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
85:18
فِرۡعَوۡنَ
Firaun
وَثَمُودَ
and Thamud
١٨
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?
85:19
بَلِ
Nay
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
فِى
(are) in
تَكۡذِيبٍ
denial
١٩
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
85:20
وَٱللَّهُ
But Allah
مِن
from
وَرَآئِهِم
behind them
مُّحِيطُۢ
encompasses
٢٠
While Allāh encompasses them from behind.1
85:21
بَلۡ
Nay
هُوَ
It
قُرۡءَانٌ
(is) a Quran
مَّجِيدٌ
Glorious
٢١
But this is an honored Qur’ān
85:22
فِى
In
لَوۡحٍ
a Tablet
مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
Guarded
٢٢
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
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