Chapter 85, 22 verses
By the sky containing great stars
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء ذات البروج
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
And [by] the promised Day
واليوم الموعود
And by the Promised Day.
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
وشاهد ومشهود
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
Cursed were the companions of the trench
قتل أصحاب الأخدود
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
النار ذات الوقود
Of the fuel - fed fire,
When they were sitting near it
إذ هم عليها قعود
When they sat by it,
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد
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, over all things, is Witness.
الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض ۚ والله على كل شيء شهيد
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.
إن الذين فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق
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.
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ۚ ذلك الفوز الكبير
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
إن بطش ربك لشديد
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
وهو الغفور الودود
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
ذو العرش المجيد
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Effecter of what He intends.
فعال لما يريد
Doer of what He will.
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
هل أتاك حديث الجنود
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
فرعون وثمود
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
والله من ورائهم محيط
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
But this is an honored Qur'an
بل هو قرآن مجيد
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
في لوح محفوظ
On a guarded tablet.