(1)وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
(2) وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
And by the Promised Day.
(3) وَشَاهِدٍ۬ وَمَشۡہُودٍ۬
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
(4) قُتِلَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
Self-destroyed were the owners of the ditch
(5) ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
Of the fuel-fed fire,
(6) إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡہَا قُعُودٌ۬
When they sat by it,
(7) وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُہُودٌ۬
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
(8) وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡہُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
(9) ٱلَّذِى لَهُ ۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ۬ شَہِيدٌ
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
(10) إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.
(11) إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٌ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِہَا ٱلۡأَنۡہَـٰرُۚ ذَٲلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
(12) إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
(13) إِنَّهُ ۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
(14) وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
(15) ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
(16) فَعَّالٌ۬ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Doer of what He will.
(17) هَلۡ أَتَٮٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
(18) فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
Of Pharaoh and the tribe of Thamud?
(19) بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِى تَكۡذِيبٍ۬
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
(20) وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآٮِٕہِم مُّحِيطُۢ
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
(21) بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٌ۬ مَّجِيدٌ۬
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
(22) فِى لَوۡحٍ۬ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
On a guarded tablet.
