85. Sūrat Al-Buruj · The Mansions of the Stars

By the sky full of constellations,

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations,

By heaven in which are zodiacal signs.

By the heaven with its constellations

and the promised Day ˹of Judgment˺,

And by the Promised Day.

and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day,

And by the promised day.

And by the Promised Day

and the witness and what is witnessed!

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

and [of] Him who witnesses [all], and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]!

And by the day which is a witness, and by the day, they are presented.

And by the One Who will be Present (that Day) and by what will be brought to the presence

Condemned are the makers of the ditch—

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit

Cursed be the fellows of the ditch,

The (people) of the trenches were slain

the fire ˹pit˺, filled with fuel—

Of the fuel-fed fire,

of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]!

Of the blazed fire,

(The people of) the fierce fire which was (fed) with abundant fuel

when they sat around it,

When they sat by it,

Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire],

when they sat by them;

When they sat beside it

watching what they had ˹ordered to be˺ done to the believers,

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

fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers,

And they were themselves witnesses to what they were doing with muslims.

And they are themselves witnesses to all they did to the believers (i.e., casting them into the fire and burning them)

who they resented for no reason other than belief in Allah—the Almighty, the Praiseworthy—

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

whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due,

And what they thought bad of muslims only this that they believed in Allah, the Dignified, all Praised.

And nothing (of the believers) was annoying them except that they had believed in Allah the Almighty, All-Praiseworthy

˹the One˺ to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is a Witness over all things.

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

[and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything!

He for Whom is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a witness over all things.

To Whom the (entire) kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs and Allah is Witness over everything

Those who persecute the believing men and women and then do not repent will certainly suffer the punishment of Hell and the torment of burning.

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.

Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them!

Those who persecuted the muslim men and women, and then repented not, for them is the torment of Hell and for them is the torment of fire.

Indeed, those who persecute the believing men and women and then do not (even) repent, for them is the punishment of Hell, and for them is (especially) the torment of burning in the Fire

Surely those who believe and do good will have Gardens under which rivers flow. That is the greatest triumph.

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

[But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great!

Undoubtedly, those who believed and did good deeds, for them are Gardens beneath which springs flow. This is the great triumph.

And indeed, those who believe and keep doing pious deeds, for them are Gardens with streams flowing under them. This is the great victory

Indeed, the ˹crushing˺ grip of your Lord is severe.

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong!

Undoubtedly, the seizing of your Lord is, severe.

Surely, the seizure of your Lord is most severe

˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew.

Undoubtedly, He begins first and then repeats.

Verily, He creates the first time, and He is the One Who will bring to life the second time

And He is the All-Forgiving, All-Loving—

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

And He alone is truly-forgiving, all-embracing in His love,

And He is the Most Forgiving the Loving to His righteous bondmen.

And He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving

Lord of the Throne, the All-Glorious,

Lord of the Throne of Glory,

in sublime almightiness enthroned,

The Owner of the Honour able Throne.

The Lord of the Throne (controlling the whole universe) and the Lord of Honour

Doer of whatever He wills.

Doer of what He will.

a sovereign doer of whatever He wills.

The Doer of whatever He wills.

He (thoroughly) executes whatever He intends

Has the story of the ˹destroyed˺ forces reached you ˹O Prophet˺—

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts

Have the words of the hosts come to you?

Has the news of the troops reached you

˹the forces of˺ Pharaoh and Thamûd?

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?

of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud?

Which hosts? of Firawn (Pharoah) and Thamud.

The troops of Pharaoh and Thamud

Yet the disbelievers ˹still˺ persist in denial.

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie:

But rather the infidels are busy in belying.

But such disbelievers (persistently strive to) belie (the truth)

But Allah encompasses them from all sides.

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

but all the while God encompasses them [with His knowledge and might] without their being aware of it.

And Allah has encompassed l them from behind.

And Allah encompasses (them) from all sides

In fact, this is a glorious Quran,

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

Nay, but this [divine writ which they reject] is a discourse sublime,

But it is a glorious Quran.

It is indeed the Glorious Qur’an

˹recorded˺ in a Preserved Tablet.

On a guarded tablet.

upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed].

In well guarded tablet.

(Inscribed) in the very Well-guarded Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz)