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Surah The Mansions of the stars [Al-Burooj] in English
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿١﴾
By the heavens with constellations,
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ﴿٢﴾
by the promised day,
وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ ﴿٣﴾
and by the witness (Muhammad) and that which is witnessed (the Day of Judgment),
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿٤﴾
may the people be condemned those who tortured (the believers) in ditches
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ﴿٥﴾
by a burning fire
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ ﴿٦﴾
while they themselves sat around it
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ ﴿٧﴾
witnessing what they were doing.
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴿٨﴾
The only reason for which they tormented the believers was the latter's belief in God, the Majestic, and Praiseworthy.
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٩﴾
and the One to whom belongs the heavens and the earth. God is the Witness of all things.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ ﴿١٠﴾
Those who persecute the believing men and women without repenting will suffer the torment of hell and that of the burning fire.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿١١﴾
As for the righteously striving believers, they will live in Paradise wherein streams flow. This is the greatest triumph.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿١٢﴾
The vengeance of God is terribly severe.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿١٣﴾
It is He who creates all things and causes them to return.
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿١٤﴾
He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One,
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ﴿١٥﴾
the Owner of the Throne, the Glorious One,
فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ﴿١٦﴾
and the Most Effective in His decision.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿١٧﴾
Have you not heard about the stories of the armies
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿١٨﴾
of the Pharaoh and Thamud?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾
In fact, the disbelievers had always rejected (Our revelations).
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
However, God encompassed their activities.
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾
What is revealed to you is certainly a glorious Quran
فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴿٢٢﴾
that exists in a well-guarded tablet.