आयत :
1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
By the sky full of constellations,
आयत :
2
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
and by the promised Day,
आयत :
3
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ
and by the witness and the witnessed,
आयत :
4
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
cursed be the makers of the trench[1],
आयत :
5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
the fire full of fuel,
आयत :
6
إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ
when they sat around it,
आयत :
7
وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ
and were witnessing what they did to the believers[2].
आयत :
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,
आयत :
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.
आयत :
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].
आयत :
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.
आयत :
12
إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is severe.
आयत :
13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Indeed, it is He Who originates [the creation] and then resurrects all,
आयत :
14
وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ
and He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Affectionate,
आयत :
15
ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
the Lord of the Glorious Throne;
आयत :
16
فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
He does whatever He wills.
आयत :
17
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ
Has there not come to you the story of the forces
आयत :
18
فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
of Pharaoh and Thamūd?
आयत :
19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
But the disbelievers are in persistent denial,
आयत :
20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
although Allah encompasses them from all sides.
आयत :
21
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
But this is a glorious Qur’an,
आयत :
22
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
[inscribed] in a Preserved Tablet.
