بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Separate opening header from Al-Fatihah 1:1; not an extra numbered ayah.
Ayah 85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
By the sky full of constellations,
Ayah 85:2
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
and by the promised Day,
Ayah 85:3
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ
and by the witness and the witnessed,
Ayah 85:4
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
cursed be the makers of the trench[1],
Ayah 85:5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
the fire full of fuel,
Ayah 85:6
إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ
when they sat around it,
Ayah 85:7
وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ
and were witnessing what they did to the believers[2].
Ayah 85:8
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,
Ayah 85:9
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.
Ayah 85:10
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].
Ayah 85:11
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.
Ayah 85:12
إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is severe.
Ayah 85:13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Indeed, it is He Who originates [the creation] and then resurrects all,
Ayah 85:14
وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ
and He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Affectionate,
Ayah 85:15
ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
the Lord of the Glorious Throne;
Ayah 85:16
فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
He does whatever He wills.
Ayah 85:17
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ
Has there not come to you the story of the forces
Ayah 85:18
فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
of Pharaoh and Thamūd?
Ayah 85:19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
But the disbelievers are in persistent denial,
Ayah 85:20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
although Allah encompasses them from all sides.
Ayah 85:21
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
But this is a glorious Qur’an,
Ayah 85:22
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
[inscribed] in a Preserved Tablet.
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