سورة البروجAl-BurujThe Mansions of the Stars85Chapter22VersesMakkiRevelationExplore Surah Statistics, Insights and Metadata
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About Surah Al-Buruj
Named after constellations mentioned in its opening oath, this surah recounts the story of the "People of the Ditch" — believers who were persecuted and burned alive in a trench for refusing to abandon their faith, while their persecutors calmly watched. The account is used to comfort early Muslims facing their own persecution in Mecca, reassuring them that God witnesses injustice and that ultimate power and judgment belong to Him, however things may appear in the moment.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj
By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
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2
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
Wal yawmil maw'ood
And by the Promised Day.
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3
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ
Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
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4
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
Qutila as haabul ukhdood
(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch
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5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
Annaari zaatil waqood
Of the fuel-fed fire,
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إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ
Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood
When they sat by it,
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وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ
Wa hum 'alaa maa yaf'aloona bilmu 'mineena shuhood
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
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وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
Wa maa naqamoo minhum illaaa aiyu'minoo billaahil 'azeezil Hameed
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
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9
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ
Allazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai 'in Shaheed
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
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10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
Innal lazeena fatanul mu'mineena wal mu'minaati summa lam yatooboo falahum 'azaabu Jahannama wa lahum 'azaabul hareeq
Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ
Innal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum Jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaar; zaalikal fawzul kabeer
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
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12
إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
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13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
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وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ
Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
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ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
Zul 'Arshil Majeed
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
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فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed
Doer of what He will.
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17
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ
Hal ataaka hadeesul junood
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
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18
فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
Fir'awna wa Samood
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?
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19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
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20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
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21
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
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22
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
Fee Lawhim Mahfooz
On a guarded tablet.
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