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,
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day.
By the promised Day (of Judgment);
وشاهد ومشهود
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness; -
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),
النار ذات الوقود
Of the fuel - fed fire,
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it,
Behold! they sat over against the (fire),
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against 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 ill - treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise! -
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.
Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to 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.
Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.
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.
For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires),
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
And He is the Oft - Forgiving, Full of Loving - Kindness,
ذو العرش المجيد
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
فعال لما يريد
Doer of what He will.
Doer (without let) of all that He intends.
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Has the story reached thee, of the forces -
فرعون وثمود
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
But Allah doth encompass them from behind!
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,
في لوح محفوظ
On a guarded tablet.
(Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!