Surah Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars)

Verses

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

   By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars

   85:1

2. وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

   And by the Promised Day

   85:2

3. وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ

   And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony

   85:3

4. قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

   (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

   85:4

5. ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

   Of the fuel-fed fire

   85:5

6. إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ

   When they sat by it

   85:6

7. وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ

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

   85:7

8. وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

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

   85:8

9. ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ

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

   85:9

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

    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

    85:10

11. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ

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

    85:11

12. إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

    Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern

    85:12

13. إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

    Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth

    85:13

14. وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

    And He is the Forgiving, the Loving

    85:14

15. ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

    Lord of the Throne of Glory

    85:15

16. فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

    Doer of what He will

    85:16

17. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

    Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

    85:17

18. فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

    Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud

    85:18

19. بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ

    Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

    85:19

20. وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

    And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them

    85:20

21. بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ

    Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an

    85:21

22. فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

    On a guarded tablet

    85:22