Al-Burooj
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ1
By the sky with its towering constellations
وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ2
by the promised Day
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ3
by the Witness and that which is witnessed
قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ4
damned were the makers of the trench
النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ5
the makers of the fuel-stoked fire
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ6
They sat down
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ7
to watch what they were doing to the believers
وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ8
Their only grievance against them was their faith in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ9
to whom all control over the heavens and earth belongs: God is witness over all things
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ10
For those who persecute believing men and women, and do not repent afterwards, there will be the torment of Hell and burning
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ11
But for those who believe and do good deeds there will be Gardens graced with flowing streams: that is the great triumph
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ12
[Prophet], your Lord’s punishment is truly stern––
إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ13
it is He who brings people to life, and will restore them to life again––
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ14
and He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving
ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ15
The Glorious Lord of the Throne
فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ16
He does whatever He will
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ17
Have you [not] heard the stories of the forces
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ18
of Pharaoh and Thamud
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ19
Yet still the disbelievers persist in denial
وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ20
God surrounds them all
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ21
This is truly a glorious Quran
فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ22
[written] on a preserved Tablet