Surah 85 · Makki

Al-Buruj

The Mansions of the Stars · 22 ayat

البروج
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85:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ﴿1﴾

By the sky containing great stars

85:2

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ﴿2﴾

And [by] the promised Day

85:3

وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ﴿3﴾

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed

85:4

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ﴿4﴾

Cursed were the companions of the trench

85:5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ﴿5﴾

[Containing] the fire full of fuel

85:6

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ﴿6﴾

When they were sitting near it

85:7

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ﴿7﴾

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses

85:8

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ﴿8﴾

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy

85:9

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ﴿9﴾

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness

85:10

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ﴿10﴾

Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire

85:11

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ﴿11﴾

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment

85:12

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ﴿12﴾

Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe

85:13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ﴿13﴾

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats

85:14

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ﴿14﴾

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate

85:15

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ﴿15﴾

Honorable Owner of the Throne

85:16

فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ﴿16﴾

Effecter of what He intends

85:17

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ﴿17﴾

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers

85:18

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ﴿18﴾

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud

85:19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ﴿19﴾

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial

85:20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ﴿20﴾

While Allah encompasses them from behind

85:21

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ﴿21﴾

But this is an honored Qur'an

85:22

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ﴿22﴾

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.