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Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
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Wahiduddin Khan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
85:1
By the heaven, holding the big stars. - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
85:2
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:3
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
85:3
And by the witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafat (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah]; - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
85:4
Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King). - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
85:5
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel, - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
85:6
When they sat by it (fire), - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:7
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
85:7
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them). - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
85:8
They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:9
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
85:9
Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything. - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
85:10
Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance, (to Allah), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire. - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
85:11
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success. - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
85:12
Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your Lord is severe. - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
85:13
Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection). - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:14
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
85:14
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism), - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:15
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
85:15
Owner of the throne, the Glorious - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:16
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
85:16
He does what He intends (or wills). - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:17
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
85:17
Has the story reached you of the hosts, - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
85:18
Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud? - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
85:19
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and his Message of Islamic Monotheism). - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
85:20
And Allah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds). - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
85:21
Nay! This is a Glorious Quran, - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)
85:22
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
85:22
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)! - Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan (English)