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Tafsir of Surah Al-Buruj (85) — The Mansions of the Stars · البروج

Meccan surah, 22 ayat. Read the whole surah

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Al-Buruj 85:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

By the sky containing great stars

Tafsir 85:1

Allah took an oath by the sky that contains the phases of the sun, moon etc.

Al-Buruj 85:2

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ

And [by] the promised Day

Tafsir 85:2

He took an oath by the day of judgment in which He promised to gather all creation.

Al-Buruj 85:3

وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed

Tafsir 85:3

He took an oath by every witness, like the prophet who is a witness over his nation, and every thing witnessed, like the nation that is a witness over its prophet.

Al-Buruj 85:4

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

Cursed were the companions of the trench

Tafsir 85:4

Those who made a huge crevice in the ground are cursed.

Al-Buruj 85:5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

[Containing] the fire full of fuel

Tafsir 85:5

In which they lit a fire and threw the believers into it alive.

Al-Buruj 85:6

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ

When they were sitting near it

Tafsir 85:6

While they sat around that crevice filled with fire.

Al-Buruj 85:7

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ

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

Tafsir 85:7

They were witnesses to the torture and ill-treatment they meted out to the believers, as they were present there.

Al-Buruj 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

Tafsir 85:8

These disbelievers found no fault in the believers except that they had faith in Allah, the Mighty, Whom none can overpower, the One Praised in everything.

Al-Buruj 85:9

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ

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

Tafsir 85:9

The One to Whom alone belongs control of the heavens and control of the earth. He is aware of everything. No affair of His servants is hidden from Him.

Al-Buruj 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

Tafsir 85:10

Those who tortured the believing men and women with the fire in order to turn them away from having faith in Allah alone, and then did not repent to Allah from their sins, for them on the day of judgment is the punishment of Hell and for them is the punishment of the Fire that will burn them, as a recompense for their burning the believers in the fire.

Al-Buruj 85:11

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ 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

Tafsir 85:11

Those who have faith in Allah and do good deeds, for them will be gardens under whose palaces and trees rivers flow. That reward, which is prepared for them, is the supreme success that no other success comes close to.

Al-Buruj 85:12

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe

Tafsir 85:12

The seizure of your Lord, O Messenger, of the wrongdoer - even if He gives his respite for a while - is forceful.

Al-Buruj 85:13

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

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

Tafsir 85:13

He begins the creation and the punishment and repeats them.

Al-Buruj 85:14

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate

Tafsir 85:14

He is Forgiving of the sins of His servants who repent and He loves His allies who are Mindful.

Al-Buruj 85:15

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

Honorable Owner of the Throne

Tafsir 85:15

Possessor of the Noble Throne.

Al-Buruj 85:16

فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Effecter of what He intends

Tafsir 85:16

Doer of the what He wills such as pardoning the sins of whoever He wills and punishing whoever He wills. There is none that can compel Him, may He be glorified.

Al-Buruj 85:17

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers

Tafsir 85:17

Has the news of the forces who enlisted to combat and be an obstacle to the truth reached you, O Messenger?!

Al-Buruj 85:18

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud

Tafsir 85:18

Pharaoh, and the Thamud, the people of Salih (peace be upon him).

Al-Buruj 85:19

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial

Tafsir 85:19

The obstacle to the faith of these people is not that the incidents of the destruction of the nations who denied did not come to them. Instead, they deny what their messengers brought to them due to following desires.

Al-Buruj 85:20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

While Allah encompasses them from behind

Tafsir 85:20

Allah surrounds and keeps a record of their actions. Nothing of that misses him and He will give them the recompense for the same.

Al-Buruj 85:21

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ

But this is an honored Qur'an

Tafsir 85:21

The Qur’ān is neither poetry nor rhyme as the deniers claim. Instead, it is a noble Qur’ān.

Al-Buruj 85:22

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate

Tafsir 85:22

In a tablet that is protected against alteration and distortion, and decrease and increase.

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