Surah Al-Buruj

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1. 1

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

   By the sky containing great stars

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2. 2

   وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

   And [by] the promised Day

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   وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

   And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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4. 4

   قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

   Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1

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5. 5

   ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

   [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

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   إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

   When they were sitting near it.

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   وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

   And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 1

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   وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

   And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

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9. 9

   ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

   To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1

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

    Indeed, those who have tortured1 the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

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

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

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12. 12

    إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

    Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

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13. 13

    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

    Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

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14. 14

    وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

    And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

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    ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

    Honorable Owner of the Throne,

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    فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

    Effecter of what He intends.

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17. 17

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

    Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

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18. 18

    فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

    [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

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19. 19

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

    But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

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    وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

    While Allāh encompasses them from behind.1

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21. 21

    بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

    But this is an honored Qur’ān

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22. 22

    فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

    [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

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