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English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

By Heaven with its Houses 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

cursed be the Companions of the Pit —

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

the fire well stocked with fuel —

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

when they were seated right beside it

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

witnessing what they did to the muminun

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

The only reason they punished them was because they had iman in Allah, the Almighty, the All-Praiseworthy —

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

Him to whom the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs. Allah is Witness of all things

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

Those who persecute men and women of the muminun, and then do not make tawba, will have the punishment of Hell, will have the punishment of the Burning

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

But those who have iman and do right actions will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them. That is the Great Victory

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

Your Lord´s Assault is very fierce indeed

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

He originates and regenerates

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

He is the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Loving

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

the Possessor of the Throne, the All-Glorious

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

the Doer of whatever He desires

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Has the story reached you of the legions

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

of Pharaoh and Thamud

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

Yet those who are kafir insist on their denial

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

while Allah is encircling them from behind

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

It is indeed a Glorious Qur´an

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22

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