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English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

Translation by Ahmed Ali — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:2

And the promised day

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:3

And the witness and the witnessed

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:4

That accursed are the men of the trench

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

Full of fire fed by faggots

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

As they sat around it

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

Witnessing what they had done to the believers

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

Whose kingdom spreads over the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

The grip of your Lord is severe indeed

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

It is verily He who initiates and repeats

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

He is the forgiving and the loving

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

The Lord of the glorious Throne

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

Who does as He pleases

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Has the story of the hordes

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

Yet the infidels persist in denial

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

But God surrounds them from all sides

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

This is indeed the glorious Qur'an

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22

(Preserved) on the guarded tablet