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Surah 85 of 114

الْبُرُوْجِ

The Constellations

The Constellations

22 verses Meccan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

verse 1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

Translation: By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs

verse 2

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

Translation: By the promised Day (of Judgment)

verse 3

وَشَاهِدࣲ وَمَشۡهُودࣲ

Translation: By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness

verse 4

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

Translation: Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire)

verse 5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

Translation: Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel

verse 6

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودࣱ

Translation: Behold! they sat over against the (fire)

verse 7

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودࣱ

Translation: And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers

verse 8

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

Translation: And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise

verse 9

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ شَهِيدٌ

Translation: Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things

verse 10

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

Translation: 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

verse 11

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

Translation: 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)

verse 12

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Translation: Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord

verse 13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Translation: It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life)

verse 14

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

Translation: And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness

verse 15

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

Translation: Lord of the Throne of Glory

verse 16

فَعَّالࣱ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Translation: Doer (without let) of all that He intends

verse 17

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

Translation: Has the story reached thee, of the forces

verse 18

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

Translation: Of Pharaoh and the Thamud

verse 19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبࣲ

Translation: And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)

verse 20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

Translation: But Allah doth encompass them from behind

verse 21

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانࣱ مَّجِيدࣱ

Translation: Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an

verse 22

فِي لَوۡحࣲ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

Translation: (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved

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