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
Waalssamai thati alburooji
And by the Promised Day.
واليوم الموعود
Waalyawmi almawAAoodi
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
وشاهد ومشهود
Washahidin wamashhoodin
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Qutila ashabu alukhdoodi
Of the fuel - fed fire,
النار ذات الوقود
Alnnari thati alwaqoodi
When they sat by it,
إذ هم عليها قعود
Ith hum AAalayha quAAoodun
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bialmumineena shuhoodun
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
Wama naqamoo minhum illa an yuminoo biAllahi alAAazeezi alhameedi
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
Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi waAllahu AAala kulli shayin shaheedun
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
Inna allatheena fatanoo almumineena waalmuminati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabu jahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeqi
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
Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum jannatun tajree min tahtiha alanharu thalika alfawzu alkabeeru
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Inna batsha rabbika lashadeedun
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Innahu huwa yubdio wayuAAeedu
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وهو الغفور الودود
Wahuwa alghafooru alwadoodu
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
ذو العرش المجيد
Thoo alAAarshi almajeedi
Doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
FaAAAAalun lima yureedu
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Hal ataka hadeethu aljunoodi
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
فرعون وثمود
FirAAawna wathamooda
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheebin
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
والله من ورائهم محيط
WaAllahu min waraihim muheetun
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Bal huwa quranun majeedun
On a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ
Fee lawhin mahfoothin