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Surah Al-Burooj
سُورَةُ البُرُوجِ
Page 590 (Verses from 1 to 22)

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
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By the sky containing great stars

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Waalssamai thati alburooji

By heaven of the constellations,

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And [by] the promised Day

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Waalyawmi almawAAoodi

by the promised day,

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And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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Washahidin wamashhoodin

by the witness and the witnessed,

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Cursed were the companions of the trench

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Qutila ashabu alukhdoodi

slain were the Men of the Pit,

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[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

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Alnnari thati alwaqoodi

the fire abounding in fuel,

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When they were sitting near it

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Ith hum AAalayha quAAoodun

when they were seated over it

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And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

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Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bialmumineena shuhoodun

and were themselves witnesses of what they did with the believers.

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And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

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Wama naqamoo minhum illa an yuminoo biAllahi alAAazeezi alhameedi

They took revenge on them only because they believed in the All-mighty, the Al-laudable,

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To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.

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Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi waAllahu AAala kulli shayin shaheedun

God to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is Witness over everything.

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Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

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Inna allatheena fatanoo almumineena waalmuminati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabu jahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeqi

Those who persecute the believers, men and women, and then have not repented, there awaits them the chastisement of Gehenna, and there awaits them the chastisement of the burning.

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Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

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Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum jannatun tajree min tahtiha alanharu thalika alfawzu alkabeeru

Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph.

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Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

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Inna batsha rabbika lashadeedun

Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible.

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Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

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Innahu huwa yubdio wayuAAeedu

Surely it is He who originates, and brings again,

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And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

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Wahuwa alghafooru alwadoodu

and He is the All-forgiving, the All-loving,

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Honorable Owner of the Throne,

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Thoo alAAarshi almajeedi

Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious,

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Effecter of what He intends.

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FaAAAAalun lima yureedu

Performer of what He desires.

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Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

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Hal ataka hadeethu aljunoodi

Hast thou received the story of the hosts,

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[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

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FirAAawna wathamooda

Pharaoh and Thamood?

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But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

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Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheebin

Nay, but the unbelievers still cry lies,

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While Allah encompasses them from behind.

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WaAllahu min waraihim muheetun

and God is behind them, encompassing.

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But this is an honored Qur\'an

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Bal huwa quranun majeedun

Nay, but it is a glorious Koran,

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[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

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Fee lawhin mahfoothin

in a guarded tablet.
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