Surah Al-Burūj (The Mansions of the Stars) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. والسماء ذات البروج

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   By the heaven with its Houses,

   wa-s-samāʾi dhāti l-burūji

2. واليوم الموعود

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   by the Promised Day,

   wa-l-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

3. وشاهد ومشهود

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   by the Witness and the Witnessed:

   wa-shāhidin wa-mashhūdin

4. قتل أصحاب الأخدود

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   perish the People of the Ditch!

   qutila ʾaṣḥābu l-ʾukhdūdi

5. النار ذات الوقود

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   The fire abounding in fuel,

   an-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

6. إذ هم عليها قعود

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   above which they sat

   ʾidh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

7. وهم على ما يفعلون بالمؤمنين شهود

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   as they were themselves witnesses to what they did to the faithful.

   wa-hum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bi-l-muʾminīna shuhūdun

8. وما نقموا منهم إلا أن يؤمنوا بالله العزيز الحميد

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   They were vindictive towards them only because they had faith in Allah, the All-mighty and the All-laudable,

   wa-mā naqamū minhum ʾillā ʾan yuʾminū bi-llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

9. الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض والله على كل شيء شهيد

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   to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is witness to all things.

   alladhī lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdun

10. إن الذين فتنوا المؤمنين والمؤمنات ثم لم يتوبوا فلهم عذاب جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق

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    Indeed those who persecute the faithful, men and women, and do not repent thereafter, there is the punishment of hell for them and the punishment of burning.

    ʾinna lladhīna fatanū l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināti thumma lam yatūbū fa-lahum ʿadhābu jahannama wa-lahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi

11. إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ذلك الفوز الكبير

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    Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—for them will be gardens with streams running in them. That is the supreme success.

    ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru

12. إن بطش ربك لشديد

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    Indeed your Lord’s striking is severe.

    ʾinna baṭsha rabbika la-shadīdun

13. إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد

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    It is indeed He who originates and brings back,

    ʾinnahū huwa yubdiʾu wa-yuʿīdu

14. وهو الغفور الودود

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    and He is the All-forgiving, the All-affectionate,

    wa-huwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

15. ذو العرش المجيد

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    Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious,

    dhū-l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

16. فعال لما يريد

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    doer of what He desires.

    faʿʿālun li-mā yurīdu

17. هل أتاك حديث الجنود

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    Did you receive the story of the hosts

    hal ʾatāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

18. فرعون وثمود

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    of Pharaoh and Thamud?

    firʿawna wa-thamūda

19. بل الذين كفروا في تكذيب

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    Indeed the faithless dwell in denial,

    bali lladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

20. والله من ورائهم محيط

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    and Allah besieges them from all around.

    wa-llāhu min warāʾihim muḥīṭun

21. بل هو قرآن مجيد

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    Indeed it is a glorious Quran,

    bal huwa qurʾānun majīdun

22. في لوح محفوظ

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    in a preserved tablet.

    fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin