Surah 85 • 22 Verses • Meccan
البروج
Al-Buruj
The Mansions of the Stars
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Verse 1 of 22
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ﴿1﴾
By the sky containing great stars
Translation: Sahih International
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ﴿2﴾
And [by] the promised Day
Translation: Sahih International
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ﴿3﴾
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
Translation: Sahih International
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ﴿4﴾
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1
Translation: Sahih International
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ﴿5﴾
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
Translation: Sahih International
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ﴿6﴾
When they were sitting near it.
Translation: Sahih International
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ﴿7﴾
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 1
Translation: Sahih International
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ﴿8﴾
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
Translation: Sahih International
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ﴿9﴾
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1
Translation: Sahih International
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ﴿10﴾
Indeed, those who have tortured1 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.
Translation: Sahih International
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ﴿11﴾
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
Translation: Sahih International
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ﴿12﴾
Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.
Translation: Sahih International
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ﴿13﴾
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
Translation: Sahih International
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ﴿14﴾
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
Translation: Sahih International
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ﴿15﴾
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Translation: Sahih International
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ﴿16﴾
Effecter of what He intends.
Translation: Sahih International
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ﴿17﴾
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
Translation: Sahih International
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ﴿18﴾
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?
Translation: Sahih International
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ﴿19﴾
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
Translation: Sahih International
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ﴿20﴾
While Allāh encompasses them from behind.1
Translation: Sahih International
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ﴿21﴾
But this is an honored Qur’ān
Translation: Sahih International
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ﴿22﴾
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
Translation: Sahih International