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,
Waalssamai thati alburooji
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day.
Waalyawmi almawAAoodi
وشاهد ومشهود
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
Washahidin wamashhoodin
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Qutila ashabu alukhdoodi
النار ذات الوقود
Of the fuel - fed fire,
Alnnari thati alwaqoodi
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it,
Ith hum AAalayha quAAoodun
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bialmumineena shuhoodun
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,
Wama naqamoo minhum illa an yuminoo biAllahi alAAazeezi alhameedi
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.
Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi waAllahu AAala kulli shayin shaheedun
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.
Inna allatheena fatanoo almumineena waalmuminati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabu jahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeqi
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.
Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum jannatun tajree min tahtiha alanharu thalika alfawzu alkabeeru
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Inna batsha rabbika lashadeedun
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
Innahu huwa yubdio wayuAAeedu
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Wahuwa alghafooru alwadoodu
ذو العرش المجيد
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Thoo alAAarshi almajeedi
فعال لما يريد
Doer of what He will.
FaAAAAalun lima yureedu
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Hal ataka hadeethu aljunoodi
فرعون وثمود
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
FirAAawna wathamooda
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheebin
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
WaAllahu min waraihim muheetun
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
Bal huwa quranun majeedun
في لوح محفوظ
On a guarded tablet.
Fee lawhin mahfoothin