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

2 And by the Promised Day.

2 And [by] the promised Day

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

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

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

4 Cursed were the companions of the trench

5 Of the fuel - fed fire,

5 [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

6 When they sat by it,

6 When they were sitting near 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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

12 Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

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

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

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,

15 Honorable Owner of the Throne,

16 Doer of what He will.

16 Effecter of what He intends.

17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

17 Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

18 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

19 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

20 While Allah encompasses them from behind.

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

21 But this is an honored Qur'an

22 On a guarded tablet.

22 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.