Al-Buruj · The Mansions of the Stars

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿١﴾

By the sky containing great stars

wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the promised Day

wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ ﴿٣﴾

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

washāhidin wamashhūdin

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿٤﴾

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ﴿٥﴾

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ ﴿٦﴾

When they were sitting near it.

idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ ﴿٧﴾

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴿٨﴾

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

wamā naqamū min'hum illā an yu'minū bil-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٩﴾

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.

alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ ﴿١٠﴾

Indeed, those 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.

inna alladhīna fatanū l-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama walahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿١١﴾

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿١٢﴾

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿١٣﴾

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿١٤﴾

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ﴿١٥﴾

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ﴿١٦﴾

Effecter of what He intends.

faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿١٧﴾

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿١٨﴾

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

fir'ʿawna wathamūda

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾

But this is an honored Qur’ān

bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun

فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴿٢٢﴾

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin