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Surah 85

The Mansions of the Stars

البروج

Al-Buruj

Meccan22 Verses
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Verse 1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

Transliteration

Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

Translation

By the sky full of constellations,

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Verse 2

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

Transliteration

Wal yawmil maw'ood

Translation

and the promised Day ˹of Judgment˺,

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Verse 3

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ

Transliteration

Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood

Translation

and the witness and what is witnessed!

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Verse 4

قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Transliteration

Qutila as haabul ukhdood

Translation

Condemned are the makers of the ditch—

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Verse 5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

Transliteration

Annaari zaatil waqood

Translation

the fire ˹pit˺, filled with fuel—

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Verse 6

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ

Transliteration

Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood

Translation

when they sat around it,

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Verse 7

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ

Transliteration

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

Translation

watching what they had ˹ordered to be˺ done to the believers,

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Verse 8

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

Transliteration

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

Translation

who they resented for no reason other than belief in Allah—the Almighty, the Praiseworthy—

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Verse 9

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ

Transliteration

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

Translation

˹the One˺ to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is a Witness over all things.

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Verse 10

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

Those who persecute the believing men and women and then do not repent will certainly suffer the punishment of Hell and the torment of burning.

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Verse 11

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

Surely those who believe and do good will have Gardens under which rivers flow. That is the greatest triumph.

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Verse 12

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Transliteration

Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed

Translation

Indeed, the ˹crushing˺ grip of your Lord is severe.

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Verse 13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Transliteration

Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed

Translation

˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.

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Verse 14

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

Transliteration

Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood

Translation

And He is the All-Forgiving, All-Loving—

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Verse 15

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Transliteration

Zul 'Arshil Majeed

Translation

Lord of the Throne, the All-Glorious,

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Verse 16

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Transliteration

Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed

Translation

Doer of whatever He wills.

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Verse 17

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Transliteration

Hal ataaka hadeesul junood

Translation

Has the story of the ˹destroyed˺ forces reached you ˹O Prophet˺—

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Verse 18

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

Transliteration

Fir'awna wa Samood

Translation

˹the forces of˺ Pharaoh and Thamûd?

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Verse 19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ

Transliteration

Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb

Translation

Yet the disbelievers ˹still˺ persist in denial.

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Verse 20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

Transliteration

Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet

Translation

But Allah encompasses them from all sides.

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Verse 21

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ

Transliteration

Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed

Translation

In fact, this is a glorious Quran,

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Verse 22

فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

Transliteration

Fee Lawhim Mahfooz

Translation

˹recorded˺ in a Preserved Tablet.