Al-Buruj

wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji

By the sky containing great stars

wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

And [by] the promised Day

washāhidin wamashhūdin

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi

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

al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

When they were sitting near it.

wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun

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

innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu

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

wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

Effecter of what He intends.

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

fir'ʿawna wathamūda

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun

But this is an honored Qur’ān

fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.