Surah Al-Buruj

Verse 85:1

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوْجِ ۟ۙ

Was-Samaaaʹi ẓaatil BUROOJ;

By the sky full of constellations,

Verse 85:2

وَالْیَوْمِ الْمَوْعُوْدِ ۟ۙ

Wal-Yawmil Mawʻood;

and the promised Day ˹of Judgment˺,

Verse 85:3

وَشَاهِدٍ وَّمَشْهُوْدٍ ۟ؕ

Wa-Shaahidiñw Wa-Mashhood;

and the witness and what is witnessed!

Verse 85:4

قُتِلَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاُخْدُوْدِ ۟ۙ

Q̣utila ʹaṣḥaabul ʹukhdood,―

Condemned are the makers of the ditch—

Verse 85:5

النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُوْدِ ۟ۙ

ʹAnnaari ẓaatil Waq̣ood:

the fire ˹pit˺, filled with fuel—

Verse 85:6

اِذْ هُمْ عَلَیْهَا قُعُوْدٌ ۟ۙ

ʹIẓ hum ʻalayhaa q̣uʻood,

when they sat around it,

Verse 85:7

وَّهُمْ عَلٰی مَا یَفْعَلُوْنَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ شُهُوْدٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-hum ʻalaa maa- yafʻaloona bilmuʹmineena shuhood.

watching what they had ˹ordered to be˺ done to the believers,

Verse 85:8

وَمَا نَقَمُوْا مِنْهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یُّؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَمِیْدِ ۟ۙ

Wa-maa naq̣amoo minhum ʹillaaa ʹañy yuʹminoo billaahil ʻAzeezil Ḥameed,―

who they resented for no reason other than belief in Allah—the Almighty, the Praiseworthy—

Verse 85:9

الَّذِیْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ شَهِیْدٌ ۟ؕ

ʹAllaẓee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍ: Wallaahu ʻalaa kulli shayʹiñ Shaheed.

˹the One˺ to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is a Witness over all things.

Verse 85:10

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَتُوْبُوْا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِیْقِ ۟ؕ

ʹInnal laẓeena fatanul Muʹmineena wal-muʹminaati s̤umma lam yatooboo falahum ʻaẓaabu Jahannama wa-lahum ʻAẓaabul ḥareeq̣.

Those who persecute the believing men and women and then do not repent will certainly suffer the punishment of Hell and the torment of burning.

Verse 85:11

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتٌ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ ؔؕ۬ ذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِیْرُ ۟ؕ

ʹInnal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati lahum Jannaatuñ tajree miñ taḥtihal ʹanhaar: ẓaalikal Fawzul kabeer.

Surely those who believe and do good will have Gardens under which rivers flow. That is the greatest triumph.

Verse 85:12

اِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِیْدٌ ۟ؕ

ʹInna Baṭsha Rabbika lashadeed.

Indeed, the ˹crushing˺ grip of your Lord is severe.

Verse 85:13

اِنَّهٗ هُوَ یُبْدِئُ وَیُعِیْدُ ۟ۚ

ʹInna-Hoo Huwa yubdiʹu wa-yuʻeed.

˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.

Verse 85:14

وَهُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الْوَدُوْدُ ۟ۙ

Wa-Huwal G̣afoorul Wadood,

And He is the All-Forgiving, All-Loving—

Verse 85:15

ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِیْدُ ۟ۙ

Ẓul ʻArshil Majeed.

Lord of the Throne, the All-Glorious,

Verse 85:16

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا یُرِیْدُ ۟ؕ

Faʻ-ʻaalul limaa yureed.

Doer of whatever He wills.

Verse 85:17

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ الْجُنُوْدِ ۟ۙ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤ul Junood―

Has the story of the ˹destroyed˺ forces reached you ˹O Prophet˺—

Verse 85:18

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُوْدَ ۟ؕ

Firʻawna wa-S̤amood?

˹the forces of˺ Pharaoh and Thamûd?

Verse 85:19

بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا فِیْ تَكْذِیْبٍ ۟ۙ

Balil laẓeena kafaroo fee takẓeeb!

Yet the disbelievers ˹still˺ persist in denial.

Verse 85:20

وَّاللّٰهُ مِنْ وَّرَآىِٕهِمْ مُّحِیْطٌ ۟ۚ

Wallaahu miñw waraaaʹihim Muḥeeṭ!

But Allah encompasses them from all sides.

Verse 85:21

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْاٰنٌ مَّجِیْدٌ ۟ۙ

Bal Huwa Q̣urʹaanum Majeed,

In fact, this is a glorious Quran,

Verse 85:22

فِیْ لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوْظٍ ۟۠

Fee Lawḥim Maḥfooz̤̣!

˹recorded˺ in a Preserved Tablet.