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    Al-Burooj

    Chapter 85 - The Constellations - 22 verses

    سُورَةُ البُرُوجِ

    About Al-Burooj

    The ConstellationsMeccan22 verses

    Verse 1
    وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

    Pronunciation

    Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

    Translation

    By the sky containing great stars
    Verse 2
    وَٱلۡیَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

    Pronunciation

    Wal yawmil maw'ood

    Translation

    And [by] the promised Day
    Verse 3
    وَشَاهِدࣲ وَمَشۡهُودࣲ

    Pronunciation

    Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood

    Translation

    And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
    Verse 4
    قُتِلَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

    Pronunciation

    Qutila as haabul ukhdood

    Translation

    Cursed were the companions of the trench
    Verse 5
    ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

    Pronunciation

    Annaari zaatil waqood

    Translation

    [Containing] the fire full of fuel,
    Verse 6
    إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَیۡهَا قُعُودࣱ

    Pronunciation

    Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood

    Translation

    When they were sitting near it
    Verse 7
    وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا یَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ شُهُودࣱ

    Pronunciation

    Wa hum 'alaa maa yaf'aloona bilmu 'mineena shuhood

    Translation

    And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
    Verse 8
    وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّاۤ أَن یُؤۡمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلۡحَمِیدِ

    Pronunciation

    Wa maa naqamoo minhum illaaa aiyu'minoo billaahil 'azeezil Hameed

    Translation

    And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
    Verse 9
    ٱلَّذِی لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ شَهِیدٌ

    Pronunciation

    Allazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai 'in Shaheed

    Translation

    To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
    Verse 10
    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ یَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِیقِ

    Pronunciation

    Innal lazeena fatanul mu'mineena wal mu'minaati summa lam yatooboo falahum 'azaabu Jahannama wa lahum 'azaabul hareeq

    Translation

    Indeed, people who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.
    Verse 11
    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتࣱ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُۚ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِیرُ

    Pronunciation

    Innal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum Jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaar; zaalikal fawzul kabeer

    Translation

    Indeed, people who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
    Verse 12
    إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِیدٌ

    Pronunciation

    Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed

    Translation

    Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
    Verse 13
    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ یُبۡدِئُ وَیُعِیدُ

    Pronunciation

    Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed

    Translation

    Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
    Verse 14
    وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

    Pronunciation

    Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood

    Translation

    And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
    Verse 15
    ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِیدُ

    Pronunciation

    Zul 'Arshil Majeed

    Translation

    Honorable Owner of the Throne,
    Verse 16
    فَعَّالࣱ لِّمَا یُرِیدُ

    Pronunciation

    Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed

    Translation

    Effecter of what He intends.
    Verse 17
    هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

    Pronunciation

    Hal ataaka hadeesul junood

    Translation

    Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
    Verse 18
    فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

    Pronunciation

    Fir'awna wa Samood

    Translation

    [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
    Verse 19
    بَلِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِی تَكۡذِیبࣲ

    Pronunciation

    Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb

    Translation

    But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
    Verse 20
    وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَاۤىِٕهِم مُّحِیطُۢ

    Pronunciation

    Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet

    Translation

    While Allah encompasses them from behind.
    Verse 21
    بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانࣱ مَّجِیدࣱ

    Pronunciation

    Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed

    Translation

    But this is an honored Qur'an
    Verse 22
    فِی لَوۡحࣲ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

    Pronunciation

    Fee Lawhim Mahfooz

    Translation

    [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.