Surah Al-Burooj - English Translation by Abul Ala Maududi
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
                  By the heaven with its impregnable castles                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 1
                
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
                  by the Promised Day                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 2
                
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ
                  and by the witness and what is witnessed                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 3
                
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
                  the people of the pit were destroyed                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 4
                
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
                  with fire abounding in fuel                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 5
                
إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ
                  while they sat around it                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 6
                
وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ
                  and were witnessing what they did to the believers                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 7
                
وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
                  Against these they had no grudge except that they believed in Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Praiseworthy                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 8
                
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ
                  to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 9
                
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
                  Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the chastisement of Hell, and theirs shall be the chastisement of burning                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 10
                
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ
                  As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 11
                
إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
                  Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 12
                
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
                  He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 13
                
وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ
                  and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 14
                
ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ
                  – the Lord of the Glorious Throne                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 15
                
فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
                  the Executor of what He wills                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 16
                
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ
                  Has the story of the armies reached you                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 17
                
فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ
                  the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 18
                
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ
                  The unbelievers are indeed engaged in denying it, calling it a lie                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 19
                
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ
                  although Allah surrounds them                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 20
                
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ
                  Nay; but this is a glorious Qur'an                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 21
                
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
                  inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet                  
                  Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 22