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,
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
And [by] the promised Day
And by the Promised Day.
And the promised day,
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
Cursed were the companions of the trench
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
Of the fuel - fed fire,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
When they were sitting near it
When they sat by it,
When they sat by it,
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
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,
And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
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.
Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
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.
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.
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.
Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
Effecter of what He intends.
Doer of what He will.
The great doer of what He will.
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
Of Firon and Samood?
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
But this is an honored Qur'an
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
On a guarded tablet.
In a guarded tablet.