AL BUROOJ (THE CONSTELLATIONS)
(Revealed at Mecca - contains 22 verses - 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ |
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By oath of the heaven which contains the constellations. |
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وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ |
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And by oath of the Promised Day. |
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وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ |
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And by oath of the day that is a witness and by oath of a day in which the people present themselves. |
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قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ |
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Accursed be the People of the Ditch! |
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النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ |
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The people of the fuelled blazing fire. |
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إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ |
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When they were sitting at its edge. |
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وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ |
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And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the Muslims! |
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وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ |
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And what did they dislike from the Muslims, except that the Muslims accepted faith in Allah the Most Honourable, the Most Praiseworthy? |
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الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ |
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To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ |
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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. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ |
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Indeed those who believed and did good deeds – for them are Gardens beneath which rivers flow; this is the great success. |
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إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ |
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Indeed the seizure of your Lord is very severe. |
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إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ |
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Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes. |
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وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ |
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And He only is the Oft Forgiving, the Beloved of His bondmen. |
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ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ |
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Master of the Honourable Throne. |
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فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ |
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Always doing whatever He wills. |
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هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ |
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Did the story of the armies reach you? |
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فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ |
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(The armies of) Firaun and the tribe of Thamud. |
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بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ |
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In fact the disbelievers are in denial. |
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وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرَائِهِم مُّحِيطٌ |
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And Allah is after them, has them surrounded. |
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بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ |
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In fact it (what they deny) is the Noble Qur’an. |
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فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ |
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In the Preserved Tablet. |
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