English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

By the heaven with its constellations

And by the one who witnesses and that which is witnessed

Ruined were the people of the ditch

Of the fire kept burning with fuel

When they were seated over it

And were themselves witnesses of what they did to the believers

They detested them for no other reason than that they believed in God, the All-Glorious with irresistible might, the All-Praiseworthy

(They believed in) Him, to Whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. God is indeed a witness over everything

Those who persecute the believing men and the believing women and then do not repent, for them there surely is the punishment of Hell, for them there is the punishment of burning fire

But those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, for them there are Gardens through which rivers flow. That is the great triumph

Surely the grip of your Lord is indeed severe

He it is Who originates and brings forth anew

And He is also the All-Forgiving, the All-Loving

The Lord of the Throne, the All-Sublime

One Who freely does whatever He wills

Has there come to you the report of the hosts –

The Pharaoh and the (tribe of) Thamud (whom God seized and punished severely)

Yet those who disbelieve (among your people) persist in denying (the Divine Message)

But all the while God encompasses them from all sides

Indeed it is a glorious Qur’an (– a sublime Book revealed and recited)

In a Preserved Tablet (guarded from every accursed devil, and secure from any falsehood)