Surah Al-Buruj (85): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah Al-Buruj, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ﴿١﴾

Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

1 By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ﴿٢﴾

Wal yawmil maw'ood

2 And [by] the promised Day

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ ﴿٣﴾

Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood

3 And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ﴿٤﴾

Qutila as haabul ukhdood

4 Cursed were the companions of the trench

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ﴿٥﴾

Annaari zaatil waqood

5 [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ ﴿٦﴾

Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood

6 When they were sitting near it

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ ﴿٧﴾

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

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

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴿٨﴾

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

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

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٩﴾

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

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ ﴿١٠﴾

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

10 Indeed, those who have tortured 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.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿١١﴾

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

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

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿١٢﴾

Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed

12 Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ﴿١٣﴾

Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed

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

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ﴿١٤﴾

Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ﴿١٥﴾

Zul 'Arshil Majeed

15 Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ﴿١٦﴾

Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed

16 Effecter of what He intends.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ﴿١٧﴾

Hal ataaka hadeesul junood

17 Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ﴿١٨﴾

Fir'awna wa Samood

18 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾

Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb

19 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet

20 While Allah encompasses them from behind.

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾

Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed

21 But this is an honored Qur'an

فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴿٢٢﴾

Fee Lawhim Mahfooz

22 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.