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English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

Translation by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:2

and by the Promised Day

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:3

and by that which attends, and that which is attended

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:4

cursed were the People of the Trench

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

the (people of the) fire that was rich with fuel

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

when they were sitting by it

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

and were watching what they were doing with the believers

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

They punished them for nothing but that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, the Worthy of All Praise

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

the One to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is witness over every thing

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

Surely, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women, then did not repent, __for them there is the torment of Jahannam (Hell), and for them there is the torment of burning

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them there are gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the big achievement

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

The seizure of your Lord is severe indeed

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

Surely He originates (creation) and repeats (it after death)

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

And He is the Most-Forgiving, the Most-Loving

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

the Master of the Throne, the Glorious

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

He is ever doer of what He intends

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Has there come to you the story of the forces

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

But those who disbelieve are (engaged) in denying (the truth)

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

Allah has encompassed them from all sides

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

The reality is that it is the glorious Qur‘an

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22

(recorded) in the Preserved Tablet (LauH MaHfuZ)