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.
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
And 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 the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
النار ذات الوقود
Of fire fed with fuel,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
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 they were witnesses of what they did with 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!
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
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.
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
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.
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
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). 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
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
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).
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
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 Arsh, the Glorious,
فعال لما يريد
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
The great doer of what He will.
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
فرعون وثمود
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?
Of Firon and Samood?
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
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 encompasses them on every side.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
في لوح محفوظ
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!
In a guarded tablet.