The Constellations (Al-Buruj)
Verses 1-22 GROUP_1569 85.1-22
1
وَالسَّمَاء ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ
By the sky with its constellations,
2
وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ
and by the promised Day,
3
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
by the Witness and the witnessed,
4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ
destroyed were the people of the trench,
5
النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ
the makers of the fuel-stoked fire!
6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
They sat by it
7
وَهُمْ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
to watch what they were doing to the believers,
8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ
whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy,
9
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over all things.
10
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ
Those who persecute the believing men and believing women, and then do not repent, will surely suffer the punishment of Hell, and the torment of burning.
11
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ
But those who believe and do good deeds shall be rewarded with gardens watered by flowing rivers. That is the supreme triumph.
12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
The grip of your Lord is indeed severe—
13
إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
it is He who begins and repeats [His creation]—
14
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ
and He is the Forgiving and Loving One.
15
ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ
The Lord of the Glorious Throne,
16
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Executor of His own will.
17
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ
Have you not heard the story of the hosts
18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
of Pharaoh and Thamud?
19
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ
Yet those who deny the truth persist in denial.
20
وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرَائِهِم مُّحِيطٌ
God encompasses them from all sides.
21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ
It is indeed a glorious Quran,
22
فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ
written on a preserved Tablet.
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Commentary
(a) The perfect organisation of the system of the universe ensures that the Day of Final Judgement will come. Tidings of this very Day have been given by all the prophets and their true deputies. In spite of this, those who do not accept the Truth and even become the enemies of the preachers of the Truth, indulge in such aggressiveness and arrogance that they cannot save themselves from the dreadful consequences. However, those who give a positive response to the call for Truth, in spite of different kinds of difficulties, will receive the greatest possible reward from Merciful God. (a) Of all the revealed scriptures, the Quran is an exceptionally protected book. This is a sign of the fact that the Quran is in the special care of God. Right till Doomsday there is no possibility of its being suppressed by anyone. For details, see the book ‘Quran an Abiding Wonder’, available on the website.