Al Buruj

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.

1 I swear by the mansions of the stars,

2 And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

2 And the promised day,

3 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];

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

4 Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).

4 Cursed be the makers of the pit,

5 Of fire fed with fuel,

5 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,

6 When they sat by it (fire),

6 When they sat by it,

7 And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).

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

8 And they had no fault except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!

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

9 To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.

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

10 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.

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.

11 Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.

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

12 Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].

12 Surely the might of your Lord is great.

13 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).

13 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

14 And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism),

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

15 Owner of the throne, the Glorious,

15 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

16 (He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).

16 The great doer of what He will.

17 Has the story reached you of the hosts,

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

18 Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?

18 Of Firon and Samood?

19 Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).

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

20 And Allah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).

20 And Allah encompasses them on every side.

21 Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,

21 Nay! it is a glorious Quran,

22 (Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!

22 In a guarded tablet.