Chapter 85, 22 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
And 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 the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
وشاهد ومشهود
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
Of fire fed with fuel,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
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 they were witnesses of what they did with 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!
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
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.
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
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.
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
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
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
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
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).
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
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 Arsh, the Glorious,
ذو العرش المجيد
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
The great doer of what He will.
فعال لما يريد
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?
Of Firon and Samood?
فرعون وثمود
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
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 encompasses them on every side.
والله من ورائهم محيط
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
بل هو قرآن مجيد
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!
In a guarded tablet.
في لوح محفوظ