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الْبُرُوجُ

85. Surah Al-Buruj

The Mansions of the Stars

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ١

By the sky containing great stars

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85:2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ٢

And [by] the promised Day

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85:3
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ٣

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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85:4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ٤

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1

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85:5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ٥

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

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85:6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ٦

When they were sitting near it.

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85:7
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ٧

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 1

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85:8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ٨

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

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85:9
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ٩

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1

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85:10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ١٠

Indeed, those who have tortured1 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.

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85:11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ١١

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

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85:12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ١٢

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

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85:13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ١٣

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

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85:14
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ١٤

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

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85:15
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ١٥

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

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85:16
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ١٦

Effecter of what He intends.

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85:17
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ١٧

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

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85:18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ١٨

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

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85:19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ١٩

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

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85:20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ٢٠

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.1

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85:21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ٢١

But this is an honored Qur’ān

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85:22
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ٢٢

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

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