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وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ1
(1) By the sky containing great stars
Al-Buruj
سورة البروج
Surah 85 · Meccan · 22 verses
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وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ2
(2) And [by] the promised Day
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وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ3
(3) And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
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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).
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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).
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النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ5
(5) [Containing] the fire full of fuel,
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إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ6
(6) When they were sitting near it.
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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).
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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).
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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,
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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
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[1897]- See footnote to 4:79
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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.
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[1898]- Or, in this instance, the literal meaning of "burned" is also appropriate.
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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.
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إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ12
(12) Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.
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إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ13
(13) Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
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وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ14
(14) And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
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ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ15
(15) Honorable Owner of the Throne,
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فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ16
(16) Effecter of what He intends.
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هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ17
(17) Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
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فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ18
(18) [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?
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بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ19
(19) But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
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وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ20
(20) While Allāh encompasses them from behind.[1899]
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[1899]- See footnote to 2:19
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[1899]- See footnote to 2:19
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بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ21
(21) But this is an honored Qur’ān
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فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ22
(22) [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.