The Mansions of the Stars
85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
By the heaven holding the big stars.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:3
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
And by the Witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the Witnessed day [i.e. the day of ‘Arafât (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:4
قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
Of fire fed with fuel,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:6
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
When they sat by it (fire),
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:7
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:8
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
And they had no fault except that they believed in Allâh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:9
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allâh is Witness over everything.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance (to Allâh), then they will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:12
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Verily, (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Seizure (punishment) of your Lord is severe and painful. [See V.11:102].
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:14
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islâmic Monotheism),
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:15
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Owner of the throne, the Glorious,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:16
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
(He is the) Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:17
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Has the story reached you of the hosts,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:18
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
Of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and Thamûd?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Message of Islâmic Monotheism).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur’ân,
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
85:22
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved Tablet)!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
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