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