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Surah 85 · 22 verses

Surah Al-Burooj

سورة البروج

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

85:1Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

By the sky with the constellations.

85:2Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

And by the Promised Day.

85:3Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

And by the witness and the witnessed.

85:4Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Destroyed were the People of the Trench.

85:5Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

The fire supplied with fuel.

85:6Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

While they sat around it.

85:7Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

And were witnessing what they did to the believers.

85:8Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

They begrudged them only because they believed in God the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.

85:9Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

To Whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything.

85:10Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

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

Those who tempt the believers, men and women, then do not repent; for them is the punishment of Hell; for them is the punishment of Burning.

85:11Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

Those who believe and do righteous deeds will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.

85:12Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

The onslaught of your Lord is severe.

85:13Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

It is He who begins and repeats.

85:14Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving.

85:15Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Possessor of the Glorious Throne.

85:16Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Doer of whatever He wills.

85:17Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Has there come to you the story of the legions?

85:18Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

Of Pharaoh and Thamood?

85:19Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

In fact, those who disbelieve are in denial.

85:20Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

And God encloses them from beyond.

85:21Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

In fact, it is a Glorious Quran.

85:22Juz 30 · Madinah page 590

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

In a Preserved Tablet.

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