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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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac,

85:2 وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
85:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the promised day,

85:3 وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
85:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the witness and the witnessed,

85:4 قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
85:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
That accursed are the men of the trench

85:5 ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
85:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Full of fire fed by faggots,

85:6 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
85:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
As they sat around it

85:7 وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
85:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Witnessing what they had done to the believers!

85:8 وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
85:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise,

85:9 ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
85:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Whose kingdom spreads over the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything.

85:10 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
85:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning.

85:11 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
85:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success.

85:12 إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
85:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The grip of your Lord is severe indeed!

85:13 إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
85:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It is verily He who initiates and repeats.

85:14 وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
85:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He is the forgiving and the loving,

85:15 ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
85:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The Lord of the glorious Throne,

85:16 فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
85:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Who does as He pleases.

85:17 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
85:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Has the story of the hordes

85:18 فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
85:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you?

85:19 بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
85:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Yet the infidels persist in denial.

85:20 وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
85:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But God surrounds them from all sides.

85:21 بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
85:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
This is indeed the glorious Qur'an

85:22 فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
85:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
(Preserved) on the guarded tablet.