Chapter 85, 22 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven holding the big stars.
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
By the promised Day (of Judgment);
And by the Promised Day.
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];
By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness; -
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Of fire fed with fuel,
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:
Of the fuel - fed fire,
When they sat by it (fire),
Behold! they sat over against the (fire),
When they sat by it,
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
And they had no fault except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
And they ill - treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise! -
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.
Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things.
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
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.
Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty 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.
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires),
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
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).
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
And He is the Oft - Forgiving, Full of Loving - Kindness,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Owner of the throne, the Glorious,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
Doer (without let) of all that He intends.
Doer of what He will.
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
Has the story reached thee, of the forces -
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud?
Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islamic Monotheism).
And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
And Allah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).
But Allah doth encompass them from behind!
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)!
(Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!
On a guarded tablet.