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Surah The Mansions of the stars [Al-Burooj] in English

Surah The Mansions of the stars [Al-Burooj] Ayah 22 Location Maccah Number 85

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿١﴾

I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac,

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ﴿٢﴾

And the promised day,

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ ﴿٣﴾

And the witness and the witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿٤﴾

That accursed are the men of the trench

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ﴿٥﴾

Full of fire fed by faggots,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ ﴿٦﴾

As they sat around it

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ ﴿٧﴾

Witnessing what they had done to the believers!

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

They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise,

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

Whose kingdom spreads over the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything.

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

Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿١١﴾

Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿١٢﴾

The grip of your Lord is severe indeed!

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿١٣﴾

It is verily He who initiates and repeats.

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿١٤﴾

He is the forgiving and the loving,

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ﴿١٥﴾

The Lord of the glorious Throne,

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ﴿١٦﴾

Who does as He pleases.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿١٧﴾

Has the story of the hordes

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿١٨﴾

Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾

Yet the infidels persist in denial.

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

But God surrounds them from all sides.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾

This is indeed the glorious Qur'an

فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴿٢٢﴾

(Preserved) on the guarded tablet.