Translation of the Holy Koran by Shakir
 
Sura 85 Aya 1 to 22
 
  1   [ 85: 1 ] I swear by the mansions of the stars,
  2   [ 85: 2 ] And the promised day,
  3   [ 85: 3 ] And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
  4   [ 85: 4 ] Cursed be the makers of the pit,
  5   [ 85: 5 ] Of the fire ( kept burning ) with fuel,
  6   [ 85: 6 ] When they sat by it,
  7   [ 85: 7 ] And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.
  8   [ 85: 8 ] And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
  9   [ 85: 9 ] Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.
  10   [ 85: 10 ] Surely ( as for ) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the chastisement of burning.
  11   [ 85: 11 ] Surely ( as for ) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.
  12   [ 85: 12 ] Surely the might of your Lord is great.
  13   [ 85: 13 ] Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
  14   [ 85: 14 ] And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
  15   [ 85: 15 ] Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
  16   [ 85: 16 ] The great doer of what He will.
  17   [ 85: 17 ] Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
  18   [ 85: 18 ] Of Firon and Samood?
  19   [ 85: 19 ] Nay! those who disbelieve are in ( the act of ) giving the lie to the truth.
  20   [ 85: 20 ] And Allah encompasses them on every side.
  21   [ 85: 21 ] Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
  22   [ 85: 22 ] In a guarded tablet.