Al Buruj

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

1 I swear by the mansions of the stars,

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

2 And the promised day,

Pickthall

2 And by the Promised Day.

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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];

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

4 Cursed be the makers of the pit,

Pickthall

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

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5 Of fire fed with fuel,

Shakir

5 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,

Pickthall

5 Of the fuel - fed fire,

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6 When they sat by it (fire),

Shakir

6 When they sat by it,

Pickthall

6 When they sat by it,

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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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.

Shakir

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.

Pickthall

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.

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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.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

12 Surely the might of your Lord is great.

Pickthall

12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

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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).

Shakir

13 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

Pickthall

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

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15 Owner of the throne, the Glorious,

Shakir

15 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

Pickthall

15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,

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

Shakir

16 The great doer of what He will.

Pickthall

16 Doer of what He will.

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17 Has the story reached you of the hosts,

Shakir

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

Pickthall

17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

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18 Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?

Shakir

18 Of Firon and Samood?

Pickthall

18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

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

Shakir

20 And Allah encompasses them on every side.

Pickthall

20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

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21 Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,

Shakir

21 Nay! it is a glorious Quran,

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

22 In a guarded tablet.

Pickthall

22 On a guarded tablet.