85. Al-Burooj

85:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿١﴾

Was-samāʾi dhāti al-burūj

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

85:2

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ﴿٢﴾

Wal-yawmi al-mawʿūd

And by the Promised Day.

85:3

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ ﴿٣﴾

Washāhidin wamashhūd

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

85:4

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿٤﴾

Qutila aṣḥābu al-ukhdūd

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

85:5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ﴿٥﴾

An-nāri dhāti al-waqūd

Of the fuel-fed fire,

85:6

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ ﴿٦﴾

Idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūd

When they sat by it,

85:7

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ ﴿٧﴾

Wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-muʾminīna shuhūd

And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

85:8

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴿٨﴾

Wamā naqamū minhum illā an yuʾminū billāhi al-ʿazīzi al-ḥamīd

They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

85:9

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٩﴾

Alladhī lahu mulku as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

85:10

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ ﴿١٠﴾

Inna alladhīna fatanū al-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama walahum ʿadhābu al-ḥarīq

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.

85:11

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿١١﴾

Inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā al-anhāru dhālika al-fawzu al-kabīr

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

85:12

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿١٢﴾

Inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīd

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

85:13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿١٣﴾

Innahu huwa yubdiʾu wayuʿīd

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

85:14

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿١٤﴾

Wahuwa al-ghafūru al-wadūd

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

85:15

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ﴿١٥﴾

Dhū al-ʿarshi al-majīd

Lord of the Throne of Glory,

85:16

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ﴿١٦﴾

Faʿʿālun limā yurīd

Doer of what He will.

85:17

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿١٧﴾

Hal atāka ḥadīthu al-junūd

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

85:18

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿١٨﴾

Firʿawna wathamūd

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?

85:19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ ﴿١٩﴾

Bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhīb

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

85:20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Wallāhu min warāʾihim muḥīṭ

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

85:21

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ ﴿٢١﴾

Bal huwa qurʾānun majīd

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

85:22

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴿٢٢﴾

Fī lawḥin maḥfūẓ

On a guarded tablet.