Chapter 85, 22 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
And by the Promised Day.
واليوم الموعود
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];
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
وشاهد ومشهود
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Of fire fed with fuel,
Of the fuel - fed fire,
النار ذات الوقود
When they sat by it (fire),
When they sat by it,
إذ هم عليها قعود
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And they had no fault except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
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.
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.
إن الذين فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
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).
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وهو الغفور الودود
Owner of the throne, the Glorious,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
ذو العرش المجيد
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
Doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
فرعون وثمود
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
And Allah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
والله من ورائهم محيط
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
بل هو قرآن مجيد
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!
On a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ