Al Buruj

1 I swear by the mansions of the stars,

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

2 And the promised day,

2 And by the Promised Day.

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

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

4 Cursed be the makers of the pit,

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

5 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,

5 Of the fuel - fed fire,

6 When they sat by it,

6 When they sat by it,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

12 Surely the might of your Lord is great.

12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

13 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

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

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

15 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,

16 The great doer of what He will.

16 Doer of what He will.

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

17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

18 Of Firon and Samood?

18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

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

19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

20 And Allah encompasses them on every side.

20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

21 Nay! it is a glorious Quran,

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

22 In a guarded tablet.

22 On a guarded tablet.