Al Buruj

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

1 By the sky containing great stars

1 I swear by the mansions of the stars,

2 And by the Promised Day.

2 And [by] the promised Day

2 And the promised day,

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

3 And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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 were the companions of the trench

4 Cursed be the makers of the pit,

5 Of the fuel - fed fire,

5 [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

5 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,

6 When they sat by it,

6 When they were sitting near it

6 When they sat by it,

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

7 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

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 resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

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 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is 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 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.

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 Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

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 Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

12 Surely the might of your Lord is great.

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

13 Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

13 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,

15 Honorable Owner of the Throne,

15 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

16 Doer of what He will.

16 Effecter of what He intends.

16 The great doer of what He will.

17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

17 Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

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

18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

18 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

18 Of Firon and Samood?

19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

19 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] 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 While Allah encompasses them from behind.

20 And Allah encompasses them on every side.

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

21 But this is an honored Qur'an

21 Nay! it is a glorious Quran,

22 On a guarded tablet.

22 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

22 In a guarded tablet.