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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
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;
85:2 وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
85:2
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
By the promised Day (of Judgment);
85:3 وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
85:3
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;-
85:4 قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
85:4
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),
85:5 ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
85:5
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:
85:6 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
85:6
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Behold! they sat over against the (fire),
85:7 وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
85:7
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.
85:8 وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
85:8
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!-
85:9 ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
85:9
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things.
85:10 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
85:10
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
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.
85:11 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
85:11
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
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),
85:12 إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
85:12
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.
85:13 إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
85:13
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).
85:14 وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
85:14
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness,
85:15 ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
85:15
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
85:16 فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
85:16
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Doer (without let) of all that He intends.
85:17 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
85:17
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Has the story reached thee, of the forces-
85:18 فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
85:18
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?
85:19 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
85:19
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!
85:20 وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
85:20
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But Allah doth encompass them from behind!
85:21 بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
85:21
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,
85:22 فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
85:22
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
(Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!