Surah Al-Burooj — سُورَةُ البُرُوجِ
The Constellations · 22 ayahs · Meccan · surah 85 of 114 · Listen, recited by Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿1﴾
By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars, (85:1)
And by the Promised Day. (85:2)
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony, (85:3)
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿4﴾
(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch (85:4)
Of the fuel-fed fire, (85:5)
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ ﴿6﴾
When they sat by it, (85:6)
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ ﴿7﴾
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. (85:7)
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴿8﴾
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise, (85:8)
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ ﴿9﴾
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness. (85:9)
Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning. (85:10)
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success. (85:11)
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿12﴾
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern. (85:12)
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿13﴾
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth, (85:13)
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿14﴾
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving, (85:14)
Lord of the Throne of Glory, (85:15)
Doer of what He will. (85:16)
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿17﴾
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts (85:17)
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿18﴾
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud? (85:18)
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ ﴿19﴾
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial (85:19)
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿20﴾
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them. (85:20)
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ﴿21﴾
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an. (85:21)
On a guarded tablet. (85:22)