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Abul Ala Maududi

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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
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
By the heaven with its impregnable castles;
85:2 وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
85:2
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
by the Promised Day,
85:3 وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
85:3
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the witness and what is witnessed:
85:4 قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
85:4
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
the people of the pit were destroyed
85:5 ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
85:5
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
with fire abounding in fuel,
85:6 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
85:6
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
while they sat around it,
85:7 وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
85:7
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and were witnessing what they did to the believers.
85:8 وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
85:8
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Against these they had no grudge except that they believed in Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Praiseworthy,
85:9 ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
85:9
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything.
85:10 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
85:10
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the chastisement of Hell, and theirs shall be the chastisement of burning.
85:11 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
85:11
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.
85:12 إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
85:12
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment.
85:13 إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
85:13
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again,
85:14 وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
85:14
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving
85:15 ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
85:15
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
– the Lord of the Glorious Throne,
85:16 فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
85:16
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
the Executor of what He wills.
85:17 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
85:17
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Has the story of the armies reached you,
85:18 فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
85:18
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud?
85:19 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
85:19
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
The unbelievers are indeed engaged in denying it, calling it a lie,
85:20 وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
85:20
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
although Allah surrounds them.
85:21 بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
85:21
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Nay; but this is a glorious Qur'an,
85:22 فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
85:22
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet.