Surah 85: The Galaxies (Al-Buruj)

وَالسَّماءِ ذاتِ البُروجِ

The sky and its galaxies.

وَاليَومِ المَوعودِ

The promised day.

وَشاهِدٍ وَمَشهودٍ

The witness and the witnessed.

قُتِلَ أَصحٰبُ الأُخدودِ

Woe to the people of the canyon.

النّارِ ذاتِ الوَقودِ

They ignited a blazing fire.

إِذ هُم عَلَيها قُعودٌ

Then sat around it.

وَهُم عَلىٰ ما يَفعَلونَ بِالمُؤمِنينَ شُهودٌ

To watch the burning of the believers.

وَما نَقَموا مِنهُم إِلّا أَن يُؤمِنوا بِاللَّهِ العَزيزِ الحَميدِ

They hated them for no other reason than believing in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.

الَّذى لَهُ مُلكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ وَاللَّهُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَىءٍ شَهيدٌ

To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth. And God witnesses all things.

إِنَّ الَّذينَ فَتَنُوا المُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِنٰتِ ثُمَّ لَم يَتوبوا فَلَهُم عَذابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُم عَذابُ الحَريقِ

Surely, those who persecute the believing men and women, then fail to repent, have incurred the retribution of Gehenna; they have incurred the retribution of burning.

إِنَّ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُم جَنّٰتٌ تَجرى مِن تَحتِهَا الأَنهٰرُ ذٰلِكَ الفَوزُ الكَبيرُ

Surely, those who believed and led a righteous life, have deserved gardens with flowing streams. This is the greatest triumph.

إِنَّ بَطشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَديدٌ

Indeed, your Lord's blow is severe.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبدِئُ وَيُعيدُ

He is the One who initiates and repeats.

وَهُوَ الغَفورُ الوَدودُ

And He is the Forgiving, Most Kind.

ذُو العَرشِ المَجيدُ

Possessor of the glorious throne.

فَعّالٌ لِما يُريدُ

Doer of whatever He wills.

هَل أَتىٰكَ حَديثُ الجُنودِ

Did you note the history of the troops?

فِرعَونَ وَثَمودَ

Pharaoh and Thamoud?

بَلِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا فى تَكذيبٍ

Those who disbelieve are plagued with denial.

وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرائِهِم مُحيطٌ

God is fully aware of them.

بَل هُوَ قُرءانٌ مَجيدٌ

Indeed, it is a glorious Quran.

فى لَوحٍ مَحفوظٍ

In a preserved master tablet.