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English - Chapter 85 - Al-Buruj

Translation by Wahiduddin Khan — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:1

By the sky with its constellations

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:2

and by the promised Day

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:3

by the Witness and the witnessed

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:4

destroyed were the people of the trench

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:5

the makers of the fuel-stoked fire

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:6

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:7

to watch what they were doing to the believers

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:8

whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:9

to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over all things

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:10

Those who persecute the believing men and believing women, and then do not repent, will surely suffer the punishment of Hell, and the torment of burning

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:11

But those who believe and do good deeds shall be rewarded with gardens watered by flowing rivers. That is the supreme triumph

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:12

The grip of your Lord is indeed severe

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:13

it is He who begins and repeats [His creation]

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:14

and He is the Forgiving and Loving One

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:15

The Lord of the Glorious Throne

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:16

Executor of His own will

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:17

Have you not heard the story of the hosts

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:18

of Pharaoh and Thamud

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:19

Yet those who deny the truth persist in denial

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:20

God encompasses them from all sides

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:21

It is indeed a glorious Quran

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Buruj 85:22

written on a preserved Tablet