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CHAPTER 85 · 22 VERSES

Surah Al-Buruj

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

By the sky with the constellations.

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And by the Promised Day.

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And by the witness and the witnessed.

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Destroyed were the People of the Trench.

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

The fire supplied with fuel.

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

While they sat around it.

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And were witnessing what they did to the believers.

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

They begrudged them only because they believed in God the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

To whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. God is Witness over everything.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Those who tempt the believers, men and women, then do not repent; for them is the punishment of Hell; for them is the punishment of Burning.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Those who believe and do righteous deeds will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

The onslaught of your Lord is severe.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

It is He who begins and repeats.

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving.

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Possessor of the Glorious Throne.

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Doer of whatever He wills.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Has there come to you the story of the legions?

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Of Pharaoh and Thamood?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

In fact, those who disbelieve are in denial.

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And God encloses them from beyond.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

In fact, it is a Glorious Quran.

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

In a Preserved Tablet.

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