سُورَةُ البُرُوجِ

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ (۱)

CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations,

وَٱلۡیَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ (۲)

and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day,

وَشَاهِدࣲ وَمَشۡهُودࣲ (۳)

and [of] Him who witnesses [all], and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]!

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ (۴)

THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ (۵)

of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]!

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَیۡهَا قُعُودࣱ (۶)

Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire],

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا یَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ شُهُودࣱ (۷)

fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers,

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّاۤ أَن یُؤۡمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِیزِ ٱلۡحَمِیدِ (۸)

whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due,

ٱلَّذِی لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ شَهِیدٌ (۹)

[and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything!

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ یَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِیقِ (۱۰)

Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them!

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتࣱ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُۚ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِیرُ (۱۱)

[But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great!

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِیدٌ (۱۲)

VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong!

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ یُبۡدِئُ وَیُعِیدُ (۱۳)

Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew.

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ (۱۴)

And He alone is truly-forgiving, all-embracing in His love,

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِیدُ (۱۵)

in sublime almightiness enthroned,

فَعَّالࣱ لِّمَا یُرِیدُ (۱۶)

a sovereign doer of whatever He wills.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ (۱۷)

HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ (۱۸)

of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِی تَكۡذِیبࣲ (۱۹)

And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie:

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَاۤىِٕهِم مُّحِیطُۢ (۲۰)

but all the while God encompasses them [with His knowledge and might] without their being aware of it.

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانࣱ مَّجِیدࣱ (۲۱)

Nay, but this [divine writ which they reject] is a discourse sublime,

فِی لَوۡحࣲ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ (۲۲)

upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed].