Chapter 85, 22 verses
By the sky containing great stars
I swear by the mansions of the stars,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
And [by] the promised Day
And the promised day,
And by the Promised Day.
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
Cursed were the companions of the trench
Cursed be the makers of the pit,
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
Of the fuel - fed fire,
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 they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
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,
And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
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.
Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
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.
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.
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.
Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
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.
Surely the might of your Lord is great.
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
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 Arsh, the Glorious,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Effecter of what He intends.
The great doer of what He will.
Doer of what He will.
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
Of Firon and Samood?
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
And Allah encompasses them on every side.
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
But this is an honored Qur'an
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
In a guarded tablet.
On a guarded tablet.