85. Al-Buroojالبروج

The Constellations · Meccan · 22 ayahs · 1 ruku

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوْجِ ۟ۙوَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الۡبُرُوۡجِۙ

By the sky with its constellations,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَالْیَوْمِ الْمَوْعُوْدِ ۟ۙوَالۡيَوۡمِ الۡمَوۡعُوۡدِۙ‏

and by the promised Day,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَشَاهِدٍ وَّمَشْهُوْدٍ ۟ؕوَشَاهِدٍ وَّمَشۡهُوۡدٍؕ

by the Witness and the witnessed,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

قُتِلَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاُخْدُوْدِ ۟ۙقُتِلَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡاُخۡدُوۡدِۙ

destroyed were the people of the trench,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُوْدِ ۟ۙالنَّارِ ذَاتِ الۡوَقُوۡدِۙ

the makers of the fuel-stoked fire!

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

اِذْ هُمْ عَلَیْهَا قُعُوْدٌ ۟ۙاِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُوۡدٌ

They sat by it

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَّهُمْ عَلٰی مَا یَفْعَلُوْنَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ شُهُوْدٌ ۟ؕوَّهُمۡ عَلٰى مَا يَفۡعَلُوۡنَ بِالۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ شُهُوۡدٌ

to watch what they were doing to the believers,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَمَا نَقَمُوْا مِنْهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یُّؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَمِیْدِ ۟ۙوَمَا نَقَمُوۡا مِنۡهُمۡ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ يُّؤۡمِنُوۡا بِاللّٰهِ الۡعَزِيۡزِ الۡحَمِيۡدِۙ

whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

الَّذِیْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ— وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ شَهِیْدٌ ۟ؕالَّذِىۡ لَهٗ مُلۡكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ‌ؕ وَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ شَهِيۡدٌ

to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over all things.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَتُوْبُوْا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِیْقِ ۟ؕاِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ فَتَـنُوا الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ وَ الۡمُؤۡمِنٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوۡبُوۡا فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ الۡحَرِيۡقِؕ

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.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتٌ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ ؔؕ۬— ذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِیْرُ ۟ؕاِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنّٰتٌ تَجۡرِىۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِهَا الۡاَنۡهٰرُ ؕ ذٰلِكَ الۡفَوۡزُ الۡكَبِيۡرُؕ

But those who believe and do good deeds shall be rewarded with gardens watered by flowing rivers. That is the supreme triumph.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

Tafseer of 85:1–11

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.

اِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِیْدٌ ۟ؕاِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيۡدٌ

The grip of your Lord is indeed severe—

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

اِنَّهٗ هُوَ یُبْدِئُ وَیُعِیْدُ ۟ۚاِنَّهٗ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيۡدُ‌

it is He who begins and repeats [His creation]—

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَهُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الْوَدُوْدُ ۟ۙوَهُوَ الۡغَفُوۡرُ الۡوَدُوۡدُۙ

and He is the Forgiving and Loving One.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِیْدُ ۟ۙذُو الۡعَرۡشِ الۡمَجِيۡدُ

The Lord of the Glorious Throne,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا یُرِیْدُ ۟ؕفَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيۡدُ

Executor of His own will.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ الْجُنُوْدِ ۟ۙهَلۡ اَتٰٮكَ حَدِيۡثُ الۡجُـنُوۡدِۙ

Have you not heard the story of the hosts

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُوْدَ ۟ؕفِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُوۡدَؕ

of Pharaoh and Thamud?

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا فِیْ تَكْذِیْبٍ ۟ۙبَلِ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا فِىۡ تَكۡذِيۡبٍۙ

Yet those who deny the truth persist in denial.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَّاللّٰهُ مِنْ وَّرَآىِٕهِمْ مُّحِیْطٌ ۟ۚوَّاللّٰهُ مِنۡ وَّرَآئِهِمۡ مُّحِيۡطٌۚ

God encompasses them from all sides.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْاٰنٌ مَّجِیْدٌ ۟ۙبَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡاٰنٌ مَّجِيۡدٌ

It is indeed a glorious Quran,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فِیْ لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوْظٍ ۟۠فِىۡ لَوۡحٍ مَّحۡفُوۡظٍ

written on a preserved Tablet.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

Tafseer of 85:12–22

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.