Al-Burooj

By the sky with its towering constellations,

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ

wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji

by the promised Day,

وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ

wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

by the Witness and that which is witnessed,

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

washāhidin wamashhūdin

damned were the makers of the trench,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ

qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi

the makers of the fuel-stoked fire!

النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ

al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

They sat down

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

to watch what they were doing to the believers.

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun

Their only grievance against them was their faith in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy,

وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ

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

to whom all control over the heavens and earth belongs: God is witness over all things.

الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

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

For those who persecute believing men and women, and do not repent afterwards, there will be the torment of Hell and burning.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ

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

But for those who believe and do good deeds there will be Gardens graced with flowing streams: that is the great triumph.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ

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

[Prophet], your Lord’s punishment is truly stern––

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun

it is He who brings people to life, and will restore them to life again––

إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu

and He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving.

وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ

wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

The Glorious Lord of the Throne,

ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ

dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

He does whatever He will.

فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ

faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

Have you [not] heard the stories of the forces

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

of Pharaoh and Thamud?

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

fir'ʿawna wathamūda

Yet still the disbelievers persist in denial.

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ

bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

God surrounds them all.

وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ

wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

This is truly a glorious Quran

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ

bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun

[written] on a preserved Tablet.

فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ

fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin