Chapter 85, 22 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day.
And the promised day,
وشاهد ومشهود
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
النار ذات الوقود
Of the fuel - fed fire,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it,
When they sat by it,
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
إن الذين فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
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.
Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the chastisement of burning.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
ذو العرش المجيد
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
فعال لما يريد
Doer of what He will.
The great doer of what He will.
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
فرعون وثمود
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
Of Firon and Samood?
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
في لوح محفوظ
On a guarded tablet.
In a guarded tablet.