Surah Al Burooj

AL BUROOJ (THE CONSTELLATIONS)

(Revealed at Mecca – contains 22 verses – 1 section)

Bimsillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem

Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

AYAT TRANSLATION
1 وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ
By oath of the heaven which contains the constellations.
2 وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ
And by oath of the Promised Day.
3 وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
And by oath of the day that is a witness and by oath of a day in which the people present themselves.
4 قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ
Accursed be the People of the Ditch!
5 النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ
The people of the fuelled blazing fire.
6 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
When they were sitting at its edge.
7 وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the Muslims!
8 وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ
And what did they dislike from the Muslims, except that the Muslims accepted faith in Allah the Most Honourable, the Most Praiseworthy?
9 الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things.
10 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ
Indeed those who troubled the Muslim men and Muslim women, and then did not repent – for them is the punishment of hell, and for them is the punishment of fire.
11 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ
Indeed those who believed and did good deeds – for them are Gardens beneath which rivers flow; this is the great success.
12 إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed the seizure of your Lord is very severe.
13 إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes.
14 وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ
And He only is the Oft Forgiving, the Beloved of His bondmen.
15 ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ
Master of the Honourable Throne.
16 فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Always doing whatever He wills.
17 هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ
Did the story of the armies reach you?
18 فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
(The armies of) Firaun and the tribe of Thamud.
19 بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ
In fact the disbelievers are in denial.
20 وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرَائِهِم مُّحِيطٌ
And Allah is after them, has them surrounded.
21 بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ
In fact it (what they deny) is the Noble Qur’an.
22 فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ
In the Preserved Tablet.

 

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