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English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

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Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

By the heaven with its impregnable castles

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:2

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:3

and by the witness and what is witnessed

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:4

the people of the pit were destroyed

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

with fire abounding in fuel

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

while they sat around it

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

and were witnessing what they did to the believers

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

Against these they had no grudge except that they believed in Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Praiseworthy

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the chastisement of Hell, and theirs shall be the chastisement of burning

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

Stern indeed is your Lord´s punishment

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

– the Lord of the Glorious Throne

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

the Executor of what He wills

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Has the story of the armies reached you

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

The unbelievers are indeed engaged in denying it, calling it a lie

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

although Allah surrounds them

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

Nay; but this is a glorious Qur´an

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22

inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet