| Surah Al-Burooj | |||
| In the Name of Allāh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. | |||
| 1 | By the heaven, holding the big stars. | ||
| 2 | And by the Promised Day ( i. e. the Day of Resurrection ); | ||
| 3 | And by the witnessing day ( i. e. Friday ), and by the witnessed day [ i. e. the day of 'Arafāt ( Hajj ) the ninth of Dhul-Hījjah ]; | ||
| 4 | Cursed were the people of the ditch ( the story of the Boy and the King ). | ||
| 5 | Fire supplied ( abundantly ) with fuel, | ||
| 6 | When they sat by it ( fire ), | ||
| 7 | And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers ( i. e. burning them ). | ||
| 8 | They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allāh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! | ||
| 9 | Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allāh is Witness over everything. | ||
| 10 | Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women ( by torturing them and burning them ), and then do not turn in repentance, ( to Allāh ), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire. | ||
| 11 | Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow ( Paradise ). That is the great success. | ||
| 12 | Verily, ( O Muhammad ) the Grip ( Punishment ) of your Lord is severe. | ||
| 13 | Verily, He it is Who begins ( punishment ) and repeats ( punishment in the Hereafter ) ( or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection ). | ||
| 14 | And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love ( towards the pious who are real true believers of Islāmic Monotheism ), | ||
| 15 | Owner of the throne, the Glorious | ||
| 16 | He does what He intends ( or wills ). | ||
| 17 | Has the story reached you of the hosts, | ||
| 18 | Of Fir'aun ( Pharaoh ) and Thamūd? | ||
| 19 | Nay! The disbelievers ( persisted ) in denying ( Prophet Muhammad and his Message of Islāmic Monotheism ). | ||
| 20 | And Allāh encompasses them from behind! ( i. e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds ). | ||
| 21 | Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'ān, | ||
| 22 | ( Inscribed ) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfūz ( The Preserved Tablet )! | ||