AL BUROOJ (THE CONSTELLATIONS)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 22 verses – 1 section)
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. | |