Chapter 85, 22 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
By the sky containing great 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 what is witnessed,
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Cursed were the companions of the trench
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
النار ذات الوقود
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they were sitting near it
When they sat by it,
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
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, over all things, is 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
Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment 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
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
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
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
ذو العرش المجيد
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
فعال لما يريد
Effecter of what He intends.
The great doer of what He will.
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
فرعون وثمود
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
Of Firon and Samood?
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
والله من ورائهم محيط
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
But this is an honored Qur'an
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
في لوح محفوظ
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
In a guarded tablet.