The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

85. Al-Buruj

Pickthall translation · 22 verses

Surah Al-Buruj (85) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars” — the complete text of all 22 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars

2And by the Promised Day

3And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony

4(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

5Of the fuel-fed fire

6When they sat by it

7And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers

8They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise

9Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness

10Lo! 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

11Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success

12Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern

13Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth

14And He is the Forgiving, the Loving

15Lord of the Throne of Glory

16Doer of what He will

17Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

18Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud

19Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

20And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them

21Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an

22On a guarded tablet

22 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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