Chapter 85, 22 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
And by the Promised Day.
وشاهد ومشهود
And by the Witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the Witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafat (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
النار ذات الوقود
Of fire fed with fuel,
Of the fuel - fed fire,
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it (fire),
When they sat by it,
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
And they had no fault except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
إن الذين فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance (to Allah), then they will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.
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.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
ذو العرش المجيد
Owner of the throne, the Glorious,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
فعال لما يريد
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
Doer of what He will.
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
فرعون وثمود
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
في لوح محفوظ
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!
On a guarded tablet.