Surah Al-Burooj

وَٱلسَّمَآءِذَاتِٱلْبُرُوجِ

CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations,

وَٱلْيَوْمِٱلْمَوْعُودِ

and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day,

وَشَاهِدٍۢوَمَشْهُودٍۢ

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

قُتِلَأَصْحَٰبُٱلْأُخْدُودِ

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

ٱلنَّارِذَاتِٱلْوَقُودِ

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

إِذْهُمْعَلَيْهَاقُعُودٌۭ

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

وَهُمْعَلَىٰمَايَفْعَلُونَبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَشُهُودٌۭ

fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers,

وَمَانَقَمُوا۟مِنْهُمْإِلَّآأَنيُؤْمِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِٱلْعَزِيزِٱلْحَمِيدِ

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

ٱلَّذِىلَهُۥمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢشَهِيدٌ

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

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَفَتَنُوا۟ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِثُمَّلَمْيَتُوبُوا۟فَلَهُمْعَذَابُجَهَنَّمَوَلَهُمْعَذَابُٱلْحَرِيقِ

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!

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِلَهُمْجَنَّٰتٌۭتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُذَٰلِكَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْكَبِيرُ

[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!

إِنَّبَطْشَرَبِّكَلَشَدِيدٌ

VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong!

إِنَّهُۥهُوَيُبْدِئُوَيُعِيدُ

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

وَهُوَٱلْغَفُورُٱلْوَدُودُ

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

ذُوٱلْعَرْشِٱلْمَجِيدُ

in sublime almightiness enthroned,

فَعَّالٌۭلِّمَايُرِيدُ

a sovereign doer of whatever He wills.

هَلْأَتَىٰكَحَدِيثُٱلْجُنُودِ

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

فِرْعَوْنَوَثَمُودَ

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

بَلِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟فِىتَكْذِيبٍۢ

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

وَٱللَّهُمِنوَرَآئِهِممُّحِيطٌۢ

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