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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
A. J. Arberry (English) :
By heaven of the constellations,

85:2 وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
85:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
by the promised day,

85:3 وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
85:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
by the witness and the witnessed,

85:4 قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
85:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
slain were the Men of the Pit,

85:5 ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
85:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
the fire abounding in fuel,

85:6 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
85:6
A. J. Arberry (English) :
when they were seated over it

85:7 وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
85:7
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and were themselves witnesses of what they did with the believers.

85:8 وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
85:8
A. J. Arberry (English) :
They took revenge on them only because they believed in the All-mighty, the Al-laudable,

85:9 ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
85:9
A. J. Arberry (English) :
God to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is Witness over everything.

85:10 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
85:10
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Those who persecute the believers, men and women, and then have not repented, there awaits them the chastisement of Gehenna, and there awaits them the chastisement of the burning.

85:11 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
85:11
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph.

85:12 إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
85:12
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible.

85:13 إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
85:13
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely it is He who originates, and brings again,

85:14 وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
85:14
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and He is the All-forgiving, the All-loving,

85:15 ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
85:15
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious,

85:16 فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
85:16
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Performer of what He desires.

85:17 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
85:17
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Hast thou received the story of the hosts,

85:18 فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
85:18
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Pharaoh and Thamood?

85:19 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
85:19
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Nay, but the unbelievers still cry lies,

85:20 وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
85:20
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and God is behind them, encompassing.

85:21 بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
85:21
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Nay, but it is a glorious Koran,

85:22 فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
85:22
A. J. Arberry (English) :
in a guarded tablet.