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Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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85 Al-Burūj ٱلْبُرُوج

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

85:1 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
85:1 By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:2 وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
85:2 By the promised Day (of Judgment); - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:3 وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
85:3 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:4 قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
85:4 Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire), - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:5 ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
85:5 Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel: - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:6 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
85:6 Behold! they sat over against the (fire), - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:7 وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
85:7 And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:8 وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
85:8 And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!- - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:9 ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
85:9 Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:10 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
85:10 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. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:11 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
85:11 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), - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:12 إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
85:12 Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:13 إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
85:13 It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life). - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:14 وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
85:14 And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:15 ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
85:15 Lord of the Throne of Glory, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:16 فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
85:16 Doer (without let) of all that He intends. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:17 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
85:17 Has the story reached thee, of the forces- - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:18 فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
85:18 Of Pharaoh and the Thamud? - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:19 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
85:19 And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)! - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:20 وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
85:20 But Allah doth encompass them from behind! - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:21 بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
85:21 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

85:22 فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
85:22 (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved! - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)