Al-Burūj

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

Wassama-i thatialburooj

By the sky with its towering constellations,

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

Walyawmi almawAAood

by the promised Day,

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

Washahidin wamashhood

by the Witness and that which is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Qutila as-habu alukhdood

damned were the makers of the trench,

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

Annari thati alwaqood

the makers of the fuel-stoked fire!

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

Ith hum AAalayha quAAood

They sat down

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bilmu/mineenashuhood

to watch what they were doing to the believers.

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

Wama naqamoo minhum illa anyu/minoo billahi alAAazeezi alhameed

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

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Allathee lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wallahu AAala kullishay-in shaheed

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Inna allatheena fatanoo almu/mineenawalmu/minati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabujahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeq

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum jannatuntajree min tahtiha al-anharu thalikaalfawzu alkabeer

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

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Inna batsha rabbika lashadeed

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

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Innahu huwa yubdi-o wayuAAeed

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

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

Wahuwa alghafooru alwadood

and He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving.

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Thoo alAAarshi almajeed

The Glorious Lord of the Throne,

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

FaAAAAalun lima yureed

He does whatever He will.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Hal ataka hadeethu aljunood

Have you [not] heard the stories of the forces

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

FirAAawna wathamood

of Pharaoh and Thamud?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheeb

Yet still the disbelievers persist in denial.

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

Wallahu min wara-ihimmuheet

God surrounds them all.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

Bal huwa qur-anun majeed

This is truly a glorious Quran

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

Fee lawhin mahfooth

[written] on a preserved Tablet.