Chapter 85, 22 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
And by the Promised Day.
And the promised day,
واليوم الموعود
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
وشاهد ومشهود
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Of the fuel - fed fire,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
النار ذات الوقود
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
When they sat by it,
When they sat by it,
إذ هم عليها قعود
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
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.
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 فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. 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 الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وهو الغفور الودود
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
ذو العرش المجيد
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Doer of what He will.
The great doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
Of Firon and Samood?
فرعون وثمود
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
والله من ورائهم محيط
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
بل هو قرآن مجيد
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
On a guarded tablet.
In a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ