English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

BY THE heaven with its constellations

By the Promised Day

By the Witness, and that which is witnessed

Cursed¹ be the diggers of the trench

with its consuming fire

as they sat around it

to witness what they did to the faithful

Nor did they avenge themselves on them for aught but that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praised One

who has sovereignty over the heavens and the earth. And God is the Witness of all things

Those that persecute believers, men or women, and never repent shall have the torment of Hell, the torment of the blazing fire

But those that believe and do good works shall have Gardens watered by running brooks. That is the supreme triumph

Stern indeed is the vengeance of your Lord

He it is who brings into being and then restores to life

Forgiving and loving

He is the Lord of the Glorious Throne

the Executor of His own will

Have you not heard the story of the warriors

of Pharaoh and of Thamūd

Yet the unbelievers are still in denial

God surrounds them from behind

Surely this is a glorious Koran

on a tablet preserved