Surah 85
سُورَةُ البُرُوجِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
wa-s-samāˈi ḏāti l-burūǧi
By the heaven with its Houses,
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
wa-l-yawmi l-mawʿūdi
by the Promised Day,
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
wa-šāhidin wa-mašhūdin
by the Witness and the Witnessed:
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
qutila ˈaṣḥābu l-ˈuḫdūdi
perish the People of the Ditch!
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
an-nāri ḏāti l-waqūdi
The fire abounding in fuel,
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
ˈiḏ hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun
above which they sat
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
wa-hum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bi-l-muˈminīna šuhūdun
as they were themselves witnesses to what they did to the faithful.
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
wa-mā naqamū minhum ˈillā ˈan yuˈminū bi-llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi
They were vindictive towards them only because they had faith in Allah, the All-mighty and the All-laudable,
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
allaḏī lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ˈarḍi wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli šayˈin šahīdun
to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is witness to all things.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
ˈinna llaḏīna fatanū l-muˈminīna wa-l-muˈmināti ṯumma lam yatūbū fa-lahum ʿaḏābu ǧahannama wa-lahum ʿaḏābu l-ḥarīqi
Indeed those who persecute the faithful, men and women, and do not repent thereafter, there is the punishment of hell for them and the punishment of burning.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
ˈinna llaḏīna ˈāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ǧannātun taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ˈanhāru ḏālika l-fawzu l-kabīru
Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—for them will be gardens with streams running in them. That is the supreme success.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
ˈinna baṭša rabbika la-šadīdun
Indeed your Lord’s striking is severe.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
ˈinnahū huwa yubdiˈu wa-yuʿīdu
It is indeed He who originates and brings back,
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
wa-huwa l-ġafūru l-wadūdu
and He is the All-forgiving, the All-affectionate,
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
ḏū-l-ʿarši l-maǧīdu
Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious,
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
faʿʿālun li-mā yurīdu
doer of what He desires.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
hal ˈatāka ḥadīṯu l-ǧunūdi
Did you receive the story of the hosts
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
firʿawna wa-ṯamūda
of Pharaoh and Thamud?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
bali llaḏīna kafarū fī takḏībin
Indeed the faithless dwell in denial,
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
wa-llāhu min warāˈihim muḥīṭun
and Allah besieges them from all around.
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
bal huwa qurˈānun maǧīdun
Indeed it is a glorious Quran,
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin
in a preserved tablet.
English translation: Ali Quli Qarai.