Al-Buruj

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١

Was-samāʾi dhātil-burūj.

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ ٢

Wal-yawmil-mawʿūd.

And [by] the promised Day

وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ ٣

Wa shāhidiw wa mashhūd.

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ ٤

Qutila aṣḥābul-ukhdūd.

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench¹

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ ٥

An-nāri dhātil-waqūd.

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ ٦

Idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūd.

When they were sitting near it.

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ ٧

Wa hum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-muʾminīna shuhūd.

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.¹

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٨

Wa mā naqamū minhum illā ay yuʾminū billāhil-ʿazīzil-ḥamīd.

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

Al-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.¹

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

Innal-ladhīna fatanul-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama wa lahum ʿadhābul-ḥarīq.

Indeed, those who have tortured¹ 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 ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, 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 baṭsha rabbika lashadīd.

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

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ١٣

Innahū huwa yubdiʾu wa yuʿīd.

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

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ ١٤

Wa huwal-ghafūrul-wadūd.

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ ١٥

Dhul-ʿarshil-majīd.

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٦

Faʿʿālul limā yurīd.

Effecter of what He intends.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ ١٧

Hal atāka ḥadīthul-junūd.

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ ١٨

Firʿawna wa thamūd.

[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 miw warāʾihim muḥīṭ.

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.¹

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٢١

Bal huwa qurʾānum majīd.

But this is an honored Qur’ān

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ ٢٢

Fī lawḥim maḥfūẓ.

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.