Chapter 85 of the Quran
Surah Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars)
البروج
Surah Al-Buruj is the 85th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 22 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
By the sky containing great stars
Ayah 2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
And [by] the promised Day
Ayah 3
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
Ayah 4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench
Ayah 5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
Ayah 6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
When they were sitting near it.
Ayah 7
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
Ayah 8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
Ayah 9
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.
Ayah 10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
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.
Ayah 11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
Ayah 12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.
Ayah 13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
Ayah 14
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
Ayah 15
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Ayah 16
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Effecter of what He intends.
Ayah 17
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
Ayah 18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?
Ayah 19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
Ayah 20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
While Allāh encompasses them from behind.
Ayah 21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
But this is an honored Qur’ān
Ayah 22
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.