Surah Al-Burooj

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿1﴾

Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ﴿2﴾

Wal yawmil maw'ood

And by the Promised Day.

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ ﴿3﴾

Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿4﴾

Qutila as haabul ukhdood

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ﴿5﴾

Annaari zaatil waqood

Of the fuel-fed fire,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ ﴿6﴾

Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood

When they sat by it,

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ ﴿7﴾

Wa hum 'alaa maa yaf'aloona bilmu 'mineena shuhood

And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴿8﴾

Wa maa naqamoo minhum illaaa aiyu'minoo billaahil 'azeezil Hameed

They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ ﴿9﴾

Allazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai 'in Shaheed

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ ﴿10﴾

Innal lazeena fatanul mu'mineena wal mu'minaati summa lam yatooboo falahum 'azaabu Jahannama wa lahum 'azaabul hareeq

Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿11﴾

Innal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum Jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaar; zaalikal fawzul kabeer

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿12﴾

Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿13﴾

Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿14﴾

Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ﴿15﴾

Zul 'Arshil Majeed

Lord of the Throne of Glory,

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ﴿16﴾

Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed

Doer of what He will.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿17﴾

Hal ataaka hadeesul junood

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿18﴾

Fir'awna wa Samood

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ ﴿19﴾

Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿20﴾

Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ﴿21﴾

Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴿22﴾

Fee Lawhim Mahfooz

On a guarded tablet.