The Constellations

Al-Burooj

سورة البروج

22 ayat · Makkiyah

ayat 1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

By the sky full of constellations

ayat 2

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

and the promised Day ˹of Judgment˺

ayat 3

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

and the witness and what is witnessed!

ayat 4

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Condemned are the makers of the ditch—

ayat 5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

the fire ˹pit˺, filled with fuel—

ayat 6

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

when they sat around it

ayat 7

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

watching what they had ˹ordered to be˺ done to the believers

ayat 8

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

who they resented for no reason other than belief in Allah—the Almighty, the Praiseworthy—

ayat 9

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

˹the One˺ to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is a Witness over all things.

ayat 10

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Those who persecute the believing men and women and then do not repent will certainly suffer the punishment of Hell and the torment of burning.

ayat 11

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

Surely those who believe and do good will have Gardens under which rivers flow. That is the greatest triumph.

ayat 12

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Indeed, the ˹crushing˺ grip of your Lord is severe.

ayat 13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.

ayat 14

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

And He is the All-Forgiving, All-Loving—

ayat 15

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Lord of the Throne, the All-Glorious

ayat 16

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Doer of whatever He wills.

ayat 17

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Has the story of the ˹destroyed˺ forces reached you ˹O Prophet˺—

ayat 18

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

˹the forces of˺ Pharaoh and Thamûd?

ayat 19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

Yet the disbelievers ˹still˺ persist in denial.

ayat 20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

But Allah encompasses them from all sides.

ayat 21

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

In fact, this is a glorious Quran

ayat 22

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

˹recorded˺ in a Preserved Tablet.