آية :
1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
By the sky full of constellations,
آية :
2
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
and by the promised Day,
آية :
3
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ
and by the witness and the witnessed,
آية :
4
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
cursed be the makers of the trench[1],
آية :
5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
the fire full of fuel,
آية :
6
إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ
when they sat around it,
آية :
7
وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ
and were witnessing what they did to the believers[2].
آية :
8
وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
Their only grievance against them was that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, the Praiseworthy,
آية :
9
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ
to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and earth, and Allah is Witness over all things.
آية :
10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
Indeed, for those who tortured the believing men and women, and then did not repent, there will be the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the burning fire[3].
آية :
11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ
But those who believed and did righteous deeds will certainly have gardens under which rivers flow; that is the supreme triumph.
آية :
12
إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is severe.
آية :
13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Indeed, it is He Who originates [the creation] and then resurrects all,
آية :
14
وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ
and He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Affectionate,
آية :
15
ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
the Lord of the Glorious Throne;
آية :
16
فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
He does whatever He wills.
آية :
17
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ
Has there not come to you the story of the forces
آية :
18
فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
of Pharaoh and Thamūd?
آية :
19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
But the disbelievers are in persistent denial,
آية :
20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
although Allah encompasses them from all sides.
آية :
21
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
But this is a glorious Qur’an,
آية :
22
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
[inscribed] in a Preserved Tablet.
