وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ 1
By the sky containing great stars
And [by] the promised Day
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ 4
Cursed were the companions of the trench
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
When they were sitting near it
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ 7
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ 8
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ 9
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
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.
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ 12
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ 13
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ 14
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Effecter of what He intends.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ 17
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ 19
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ 20
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
But this is an honored Qur'an
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.