وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ

Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 1

"وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ"

Wal yawmil maw'ood

And the promised day,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 2

"وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ"

Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood

And the witness and the witnessed,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 3

"قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ"

Qutila as haabul ukhdood

That accursed are the men of the trench

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 4

"النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ"

Annaari zaatil waqood

Full of fire fed by faggots,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 5

"إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ"

Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood

As they sat around it

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 6

"وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ"

Wa hum 'alaa maa yaf'aloona bilmu 'mineena shuhood

Witnessing what they had done to the believers!

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 7

"وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ"

Wa maa naqamoo minhum illaaa aiyu'minoo billaahil 'azeezil Hameed

They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 8

"الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ"

Allazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai 'in Shaheed

Whose kingdom spreads over the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 9

"إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ"

Innal lazeena fatanul mu'mineena wal mu'minaati summa lam yatooboo falahum 'azaabu Jahannama wa lahum 'azaabul hareeq

Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 10

"إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ"

Innal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum Jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaar; zaalikal fawzul kabeer

Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 11

"إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ"

Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed

The grip of your Lord is severe indeed!

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 12

"إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ"

Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed

It is verily He who initiates and repeats.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 13

"وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ"

Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood

He is the forgiving and the loving,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 14

"ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ"

Zul 'Arshil Majeed

The Lord of the glorious Throne,

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 15

"فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ"

Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed

Who does as He pleases.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 16

"هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ"

Hal ataaka hadeesul junood

Has the story of the hordes

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 17

"فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ"

Fir'awna wa Samood

Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you?

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 18

"بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ"

Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb

Yet the infidels persist in denial.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 19

"وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ"

Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet

But God surrounds them from all sides.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 20

"بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ"

Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed

This is indeed the glorious Qur?an

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 21

"فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ"

Fee Lawhim Mahfooz

(Preserved) on the guarded tablet.

Surah Number : 85 , Ayat Number : 22