Al-Buruj

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

By the heaven holding the big stars.[1]

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشۡهُودٍۢ

And by the Witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the Witnessed day [i.e. the day of ‘Arafât (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).[2]

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

Of fire fed with fuel,

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٌۭ

When they sat by it (fire),

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ

And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

And they had no fault except that they believed in Allâh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ

To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allâh is Witness over everything.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ

Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance (to Allâh), then they will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٌۭ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ

Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islâmic Monotheism),

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

Owner of the throne, the Glorious,

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

Has the story reached you of the hosts,

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

Of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamûd?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكۡذِيبٍۢ

Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islâmic Monotheism).

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ

Nay! This is a Glorious Qur’ân,

فِى لَوۡحٍۢ مَّحۡفُوظٍۭ

(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved Tablet)!