Surah Al-Buruj البروج

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١

Was-samā'i dhātil-burūj

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ ٢

Wal-yawmil-maw'ūd

And [by] the promised Day

وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ ٣

Washāhidin wamashhūd

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ ٤

Qutila ashābul-ukhdūd

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench¹⁸⁹⁵

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ ٥

An-nāri dhātil-waqūd

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ ٦

Idh hum 'alayhā qu'ūd

When they were sitting near it.

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ ٧

Wahum 'alā mā yaf'alūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūd

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. ¹⁸⁹⁶

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٨

Wamā naqamū minhum illā an yu'minū billāhil-'azīzil-hamīd

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

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٩

Alladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-ardi wallāhu 'alā kulli shay'in shahīd

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.¹⁸⁹⁷

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ١٠

Innal-ladhīna fatanul-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum 'adhābu jahannama walahum 'adhābul-harīq

Indeed, those who have tortured¹⁸⁹⁸ 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.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ١١

Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti lahum jannātun tajrī min tahtihal-anhāru dhālikal-fawzul-kabīr

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

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ١٢

Inna batsha rabbika lashadīd

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

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ١٣

Innahū huwa yubdi'u wayu'īd

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

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ ١٤

Wahuwal-ghafūrul-wadūd

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ ١٥

Dhul-'arshil-majīd

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٦

Fa''ālul limā yurīd

Effecter of what He intends.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ ١٧

Hal atāka hadīthul-junūd

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ ١٨

Fir'awna wathamūd

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ ١٩

Balil-ladhīna kafarū fī takdhīb

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ ٢٠

Wallāhu min warā'ihim muhīt

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.¹⁸⁹⁹

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٢١

Bal huwa qur'ānum majīd

But this is an honored Qur’ān

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ ٢٢

Fī lawhim mahfūz

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.