Surah Al-Buruj

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ١

   85:1

   wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji

   By the sky containing great stars

2. وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ٢

   85:2

   wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

   And [by] the promised Day

3. وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ٣

   85:3

   washāhidin wamashhūdin

   And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

4. قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ٤

   85:4

   qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi

   Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

5. ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ٥

   85:5

   al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

   [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

6. إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ٦

   85:6

   idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

   When they were sitting near it.

7. وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ٧

   85:7

   wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun

   And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

8. وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ٨

   85:8

   wamā naqamū min'hum illā an yu'minū bil-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

   And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

9. ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ٩

   85:9

   alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

   To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.

10. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ١٠

    85:10

    inna alladhīna fatanū l-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama walahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi

    Indeed, those who have tortured 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.

11. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ١١

    85:11

    inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

12. إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ١٢

    85:12

    inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun

    Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

13. إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ١٣

    85:13

    innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu

    Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

14. وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ١٤

    85:14

    wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

    And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

15. ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ١٥

    85:15

    dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

    Honorable Owner of the Throne,

16. فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ١٦

    85:16

    faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

    Effecter of what He intends.

17. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ١٧

    85:17

    hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

    Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

18. فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ١٨

    85:18

    fir'ʿawna wathamūda

    [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

19. بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ١٩

    85:19

    bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

    But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

20. وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ٢٠

    85:20

    wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

    While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

21. بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ٢١

    85:21

    bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun

    But this is an honored Qur’ān

22. فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ٢٢

    85:22

    fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin

    [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.