Al-Burooj

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

   (1) By the sky containing great stars

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   وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

   (2) And [by] the promised Day

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   وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

   (3) And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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   قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

   (4) Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench[1895]

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   [1895]- Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed." The "companions of the trench" (or ditch) were agents of a tyrannical king who refused to allow his people to believe in Allāh. Their evil deed in obedience to their ruler earned for them the curse of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
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   ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

   (5) [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

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   إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

   (6) When they were sitting near it.

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   وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

   (7) And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. [1896]

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   [1896]- After casting the believers into a trench filled with fire, they sat at its edge, watching them burn to death. This event occurred before the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) .
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   وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

   (8) And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

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   ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

   (9) To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.[1897]

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   [1897]- See footnote to 4:79.
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    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    (10) Indeed, those who have tortured[1898] 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.

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    [1898]- Or, in this instance, the literal meaning of "burned" is also appropriate.