Surah 85. Al-Buruj

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By the sky full of constellations,

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and the promised Day 'of Judgment',

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and the witness and what is witnessed!¹

 The witness can be Allah, the angels, or the prophets, and the witnessed can be the people standing for judgment or the overwhelming events of Judgment Day.

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Condemned are the makers of the ditch-

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the fire 'pit', filled with fuel-

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when they sat around it,

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watching what they had 'ordered to be' done to the believers,

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who they resented for no reason other than belief in Allah- the Almighty, the Praiseworthy-

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'the One' to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is a Witness over all things.

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Those who persecute the believing men and women and then do not repent will certainly suffer the punishment of Hell and the torment of burning.

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Surely those who believe and do good will have Gardens under which rivers flow. That is the greatest triumph.

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Indeed, the 'crushing' grip of your Lord is severe.

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'For' He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects 'all'.

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And He is the All-Forgiving, All-Loving-

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Lord of the Throne, the All-Glorious,

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Doer of whatever He wills.

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Has the story of the 'destroyed' forces reached you 'O Prophet'-

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'the forces of' Pharaoh and Thamûd?

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Yet the disbelievers 'still' persist in denial.

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But Allah encompasses them from all sides.

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In fact, this is a glorious Quran,

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'recorded' in a Preserved Tablet.