Al Buruj

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

1 I swear by the mansions of the stars,

2 And by the Promised Day.

2 And the promised day,

3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

3 And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.

4 (Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch

4 Cursed be the makers of the pit,

5 Of the fuel - fed fire,

5 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,

6 When they sat by it,

6 When they sat by it,

7 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

7 And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.

8 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

8 And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,

9 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

9 Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.

10 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.

10 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.

11 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

11 Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.

12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

12 Surely the might of your Lord is great.

13 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

13 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,

15 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

16 Doer of what He will.

16 The great doer of what He will.

17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

17 Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,

18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

18 Of Firon and Samood?

19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

19 Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.

20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

20 And Allah encompasses them on every side.

21 Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

21 Nay! it is a glorious Quran,

22 On a guarded tablet.

22 In a guarded tablet.