Chapter 85, 22 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
And by the Promised Day.
واليوم الموعود
And the promised day,
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
وشاهد ومشهود
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
Of the fuel - fed fire,
النار ذات الوقود
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
When they sat by it,
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it,
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
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 فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
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.
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
ذو العرش المجيد
Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
Doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
The great doer of what He will.
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
فرعون وثمود
Of Firon and Samood?
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
On a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ
In a guarded tablet.