Chapter 85, 22 verses
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
And the promised day,
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day.
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
وشاهد ومشهود
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
النار ذات الوقود
Of the fuel - fed fire,
When they sat by it,
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it,
And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
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
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
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
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
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
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 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
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
ذو العرش المجيد
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
The great doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
Doer of what He will.
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Of Firon and Samood?
فرعون وثمود
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
In a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ
On a guarded tablet.