وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
Wassama-i thatialburooj
By the heaven holding the big stars.1
The Mansions of the Stars
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
Wassama-i thatialburooj
By the heaven holding the big stars.1
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
Walyawmi almawAAood
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
Washahidin wamashhood
And by the Witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the Witnessed day [i.e. the day of ‘Arafât (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Qutila as-habu alukhdood
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).1
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
Annari thati alwaqood
Of fire fed with fuel,
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
Ith hum AAalayha quAAood
When they sat by it (fire),
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bilmu/mineenashuhood
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Wama naqamoo minhum illa anyu/minoo billahi alAAazeezi alhameed
And they had no fault except that they believed in Allâh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Allathee lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wallahu AAala kullishay-in shaheed
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allâh is Witness over everything.
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
Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance (to Allâh), then they will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.
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
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Inna batsha rabbika lashadeed
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Innahu huwa yubdi-o wayuAAeed
Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
Wahuwa alghafooru alwadood
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islâmic Monotheism),
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Thoo alAAarshi almajeed
Owner of the throne, the Glorious,
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
FaAAAAalun lima yureed
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Hal ataka hadeethu aljunood
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
FirAAawna wathamood
Of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamûd?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheeb
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islâmic Monotheism).
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
Wallahu min wara-ihimmuheet
And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
Bal huwa qur-anun majeed
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur’ân,
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
Fee lawhin mahfooth
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved Tablet)!