In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
By the sky containing great stars
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
Chapter 85, 22 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
By the sky containing great stars
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
واليوم الموعود
And [by] the promised Day
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
And by the Witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the Witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafat (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];
وشاهد ومشهود
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Cursed were the companions of the trench
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Of fire fed with fuel,
النار ذات الوقود
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
When they sat by it (fire),
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they were sitting near it
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
And they had no fault except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance (to Allah), then they will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.
إن الذين فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
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.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
Owner of the throne, the Glorious,
ذو العرش المجيد
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
فعال لما يريد
Effecter of what He intends.
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?
فرعون وثمود
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
And Allah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).
والله من ورائهم محيط
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,
بل هو قرآن مجيد
But this is an honored Qur'an
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!
في لوح محفوظ
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ