# Surah Al-Buruj (البُرُوج) — The Constellations

> **Chapter 85 of the Holy Quran** · **22 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

- **Canonical Reading Page**: https://easyquran.io/surah-al-buruj
- **Markdown URL**: https://easyquran.io/surah-al-buruj.md
- **Machine-Readable JSON Dataset**: https://easyquran.io/surah-data/85.json
- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (22 Verses)

### Verse 85:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

By the sky containing great stars

### Verse 85:2

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

And [by] the promised Day

### Verse 85:3

وَشَاهِدࣲ وَمَشۡهُودࣲ‏

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed

### Verse 85:4

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

Cursed were the companions of the trench

### Verse 85:5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

[Containing] the fire full of fuel

### Verse 85:6

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودࣱ‏

When they were sitting near it

### Verse 85:7

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودࣱ‏

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses

### Verse 85:8

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy

### Verse 85:9

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ شَهِيدٌ

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness

### Verse 85:10

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ

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

### Verse 85:11

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣱ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment

### Verse 85:12

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe

### Verse 85:13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats

### Verse 85:14

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate

### Verse 85:15

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

Honorable Owner of the Throne

### Verse 85:16

فَعَّالࣱ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Effecter of what He intends

### Verse 85:17

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers

### Verse 85:18

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud

### Verse 85:19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبࣲ‏

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial

### Verse 85:20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

While Allah encompasses them from behind

### Verse 85:21

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانࣱ مَّجِيدࣱ‏

But this is an honored Qur'an

### Verse 85:22

فِي لَوۡحࣲ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate