Al-Buruj

سورة البروج

Surah 85 · Meccan · 22 verses

85:1Juz 30 · p. 590

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ1

(1) By the sky containing great stars
85:2Juz 30 · p. 590

وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ2

(2) And [by] the promised Day
85:3Juz 30 · p. 590

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ3

(3) And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
85:4Juz 30 · p. 590

قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ4

(4) Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench[1895]
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[1895]- Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed." The "companions of the trench" (or ditch) were agents of a tyrannical king who refused to allow his people to believe in Allāh. Their evil deed in obedience to their ruler earned for them the curse of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).
85:5Juz 30 · p. 590

النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ5

(5) [Containing] the fire full of fuel,
85:6Juz 30 · p. 590

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ6

(6) When they were sitting near it.
85:7Juz 30 · p. 590

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ7

(7) And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. [1896]
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[1896]- After casting the believers into a trench filled with fire, they sat at its edge, watching them burn to death. This event occurred before the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
85:8Juz 30 · p. 590

وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ8

(8) And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
85:9Juz 30 · p. 590

الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ9

(9) To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.[1897]
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[1897]- See footnote to 4:79
85:10Juz 30 · p. 590

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ10

(10) Indeed, those who have tortured[1898] 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.
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[1898]- Or, in this instance, the literal meaning of "burned" is also appropriate.
85:11Juz 30 · p. 590

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ11

(11) Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
85:12Juz 30 · p. 590

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ12

(12) Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.
85:13Juz 30 · p. 590

إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ13

(13) Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
85:14Juz 30 · p. 590

وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ14

(14) And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
85:15Juz 30 · p. 590

ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ15

(15) Honorable Owner of the Throne,
85:16Juz 30 · p. 590

فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ16

(16) Effecter of what He intends.
85:17Juz 30 · p. 590

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ17

(17) Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
85:18Juz 30 · p. 590

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ18

(18) [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?
85:19Juz 30 · p. 590

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ19

(19) But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
85:20Juz 30 · p. 590

وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ20

(20) While Allāh encompasses them from behind.[1899]
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[1899]- See footnote to 2:19
85:21Juz 30 · p. 590

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ21

(21) But this is an honored Qur’ān
85:22Juz 30 · p. 590

فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ22

(22) [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

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