Surah Al-Burooj
سورة البروج
The Constellations
Surah 85 · 22 Ayahs
What Is Surah Al-Burooj?
Surah Al-Burooj is Surah 85 of the Quran. It contains 22 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
Meaning
I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations,
- 2
Ayah 2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
Meaning
and by the Promised Day,
- 3
Ayah 3
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
Meaning
and by that which attends, and that which is attended,
- 4
Ayah 4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Meaning
cursed were the People of the Trench,
- 5
Ayah 5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
Meaning
the (people of the) fire that was rich with fuel,
- 6
Ayah 6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
Meaning
when they were sitting by it,
- 7
Ayah 7
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
Meaning
and were watching what they were doing with the believers.
- 8
Ayah 8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Meaning
They punished them for nothing but that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, the Worthy of All Praise,
- 9
Ayah 9
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Meaning
the One to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is witness over every thing.
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Ayah 10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Meaning
Surely, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women, then did not repent, -for them there is the torment of Jahannam (Hell), and for them there is the torment of burning.
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Ayah 11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Meaning
As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them there are gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the big achievement.
- 12
Ayah 12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Meaning
The seizure of your Lord is severe indeed!
- 13
Ayah 13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Meaning
Surely He originates (creation) and repeats (it after death).
- 14
Ayah 14
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
Meaning
And He is the Most-Forgiving, the Most-Loving,
- 15
Ayah 15
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Meaning
the Master of the Throne, the Glorious.
- 16
Ayah 16
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Meaning
He is ever doer of what He intends.
- 17
Ayah 17
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Meaning
Has there come to you the story of the forces,
- 18
Ayah 18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
Meaning
of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamūd?
- 19
Ayah 19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
Meaning
But those who disbelieve are (engaged) in denying (the truth).
- 20
Ayah 20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
Meaning
Allah has encompassed them from all sides.
- 21
Ayah 21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
Meaning
The reality is that it is the glorious Qur’ān,
- 22
Ayah 22
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
Meaning
(recorded) in the Preserved Tablet (LauH MaHfūZ).
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