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
By the sky containing great stars
And by the Promised Day.
واليوم الموعود
And [by] the promised Day
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
وشاهد ومشهود
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Cursed were the companions of the trench
Of the fuel - fed fire,
النار ذات الوقود
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
When they sat by it,
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they were sitting near it
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
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 resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
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
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
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
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.
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
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
ذو العرش المجيد
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
Effecter of what He intends.
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
فرعون وثمود
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
والله من ورائهم محيط
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
But this is an honored Qur'an
On a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.