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English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:2

And by the Promised Day

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:3

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:4

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

Of the fuel-fed fire

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

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

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

Lord of the Throne of Glory

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

Doer of what He will

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22