English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

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Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

BY THE heaven with its constellations

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Verse 2 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:2

By the Promised Day

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Verse 3 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:3

By the Witness, and that which is witnessed

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Verse 4 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:4

Cursed¹ be the diggers of the trench

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Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

with its consuming fire

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Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

as they sat around it

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Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

to witness what they did to the faithful

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Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

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

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Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

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

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Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

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

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Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

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

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Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

Stern indeed is the vengeance of your Lord

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Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

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

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Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

Forgiving and loving

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Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

He is the Lord of the Glorious Throne

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Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

the Executor of His own will

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Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Have you not heard the story of the warriors

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Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

of Pharaoh and of Thamūd

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Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

Yet the unbelievers are still in denial

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Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

God surrounds them from behind

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Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

Surely this is a glorious Koran

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Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22

on a tablet preserved

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