Al-Buruj

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ١

Wassama-i thatialburooj

By the sky containing great stars

I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations,

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ٢

Walyawmi almawAAood

And [by] the promised Day

and by the Promised Day,

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ٣

Washahidin wamashhood

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

and by that which attends, and that which is attended,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ٤

Qutila as-habu alukhdood

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

cursed were the People of the Trench,

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ٥

Annari thati alwaqood

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

the (people of the) fire that was rich with fuel,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ٦

Ith hum AAalayha quAAood

When they were sitting near it.

when they were sitting by it,

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ٧

Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bilmu/mineenashuhood

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

and were watching what they were doing with the believers.

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ٨

Wama naqamoo minhum illa anyu/minoo billahi alAAazeezi alhameed

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

They punished them for nothing but that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, the Worthy of All Praise,

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ٩

Allathee lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wallahu AAala kullishay-in shaheed

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.

the One to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is witness over every thing.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ١٠

Inna allatheena fatanoo almu/mineenawalmu/minati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabujahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeq

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, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women, then did not repent, -for them there is the torment of Jahannam (Hell), and for them there is the torment of burning.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ١١

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum jannatuntajree min tahtiha al-anharu thalikaalfawzu alkabeer

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them there are gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the big achievement.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ١٢

Inna batsha rabbika lashadeed

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

The seizure of your Lord is severe indeed!

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ١٣

Innahu huwa yubdi-o wayuAAeed

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

Surely He originates (creation) and repeats (it after death).

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ١٤

Wahuwa alghafooru alwadood

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

And He is the Most-Forgiving, the Most-Loving,

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ١٥

Thoo alAAarshi almajeed

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

the Master of the Throne, the Glorious.

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ١٦

FaAAAAalun lima yureed

Effecter of what He intends.

He is ever doer of what He intends.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ١٧

Hal ataka hadeethu aljunood

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

Has there come to you the story of the forces,

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ١٨

FirAAawna wathamood

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamūd?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ١٩

Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheeb

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

But those who disbelieve are (engaged) in denying (the truth).

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ٢٠

Wallahu min wara-ihimmuheet

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

Allah has encompassed them from all sides.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ٢١

Bal huwa qur-anun majeed

But this is an honored Qur’ān

The reality is that it is the glorious Qur’ān,

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ٢٢

Fee lawhin mahfooth

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

(recorded) in the Preserved Tablet (LauH MaHfūZ).