Chapter 85, 22 verses
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ
By the promised Day (of Judgment);
And by the Promised Day.
وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ
By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness; -
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),
(Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch
قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:
Of the fuel - fed fire,
النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ
Behold! they sat over against the (fire),
When they sat by it,
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
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,
وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ
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.
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
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.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ
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.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ
Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
And He is the Oft - Forgiving, Full of Loving - Kindness,
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ
Doer (without let) of all that He intends.
Doer of what He will.
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Has the story reached thee, of the forces -
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ
Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ
But Allah doth encompass them from behind!
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرَائِهِم مُّحِيطٌ
Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ
(Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!
On a guarded tablet.
فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ