Surah Al-Buruj: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

Transliteration wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji

English By the sky containing great stars

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِwal-samāiBy the sky
2. ذَاتِdhāticontaining
3. ٱلْبُرُوجِl-burūjithe constellations

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

Transliteration wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

English And [by] the promised Day

1. وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiAnd the Day
2. ٱلْمَوْعُودِl-mawʿūdiPromised

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

Transliteration washāhidin wamashhūdin

English And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

1. وَشَاهِدٍۢwashāhidinAnd (the) witness
2. وَمَشْهُودٍۢwamashhūdinand what is witnessed

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Transliteration qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi

English Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

1. قُتِلَqutilaDestroyed were
2. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions
3. ٱلْأُخْدُودِl-ukh'dūdi(of) the pit

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

Transliteration al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

English [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

1. ٱلنَّارِal-nāri(Of) the fire
2. ذَاتِdhātifull
3. ٱلْوَقُودِl-waqūdi(of) the fuel

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

Transliteration idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

English When they were sitting near it.

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. هُمْhumthey
3. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāby it
4. قُعُودٌۭquʿūdun(were) sitting

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

Transliteration wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun

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

1. وَهُمْwahumAnd they
2. عَلَىٰʿalāover
3. مَاmāwhat
4. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey were doing
5. بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīnato the believers
6. شُهُودٌۭshuhūdunwitnesses

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

Transliteration wamā naqamū min'hum illā an yu'minū bil-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

English And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. نَقَمُوا۟naqamūthey resented
3. مِنْهُمْmin'hum[of] them
4. إِلَّآillāexcept
5. أَنanthat
6. يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believed
7. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
8. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
9. ٱلْحَمِيدِl-ḥamīdithe Praiseworthy

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Transliteration alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

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

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
2. لَهُۥlahufor Him
3. مُلْكُmul'ku(is) the dominion
4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
5. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
6. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
7. عَلَىٰʿalāon
8. كُلِّkullievery
9. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
10. شَهِيدٌshahīdun(is) a Witness

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Transliteration inna alladhīna fatanū l-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama walahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi

English 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.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. فَتَنُوا۟fatanūpersecuted
4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believing men
5. وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِwal-mu'minātiand the believing women
6. ثُمَّthummathen
7. لَمْlamnot
8. يَتُوبُوا۟yatūbūthey repented
9. فَلَهُمْfalahumthen for them
10. عَذَابُʿadhābu(is the) punishment
11. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
12. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
13. عَذَابُʿadhābu(is the) punishment
14. ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi(of) the Burning Fire

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

Transliteration inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru

English Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds
6. لَهُمْlahumfor them
7. جَنَّـٰتٌۭjannātun(will be) Gardens
8. تَجْرِىtajrīflow
9. مِنminfrom
10. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
11. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚl-anhāruthe rivers
12. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
13. ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(is) the success
14. ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe great

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Transliteration inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun

English Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. بَطْشَbaṭsha(the) Grip
3. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
4. لَشَدِيدٌlashadīdun(is) surely strong

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Transliteration innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu

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

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
2. هُوَhuwaHe
3. يُبْدِئُyub'di-uoriginates
4. وَيُعِيدُwayuʿīduand repeats

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

Transliteration wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

English And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
2. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
3. ٱلْوَدُودُl-wadūduthe Most Loving

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Transliteration dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

English Honorable Owner of the Throne,

1. ذُوdhūOwner (of)
2. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
3. ٱلْمَجِيدُl-majīduthe Glorious

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Transliteration faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

English Effecter of what He intends.

1. فَعَّالٌۭfaʿʿālunDoer
2. لِّمَاlimāof what
3. يُرِيدُyurīduHe intends

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Transliteration hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

English Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

1. هَلْhalHas
2. أَتَىٰكَatākacome to you
3. حَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) story
4. ٱلْجُنُودِl-junūdi(of) the hosts

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

Transliteration fir'ʿawna wathamūda

English [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

1. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
2. وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

Transliteration bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

English But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

1. بَلِbaliNay
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. فِىfī(are) in
5. تَكْذِيبٍۢtakdhībindenial

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

Transliteration wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

English While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
2. مِنminfrom
3. وَرَآئِهِمwarāihimbehind them
4. مُّحِيطٌۢmuḥīṭunencompasses

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

Transliteration bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun

English But this is an honored Qur’ān

1. بَلْbalNay
2. هُوَhuwaIt
3. قُرْءَانٌۭqur'ānun(is) a Quran
4. مَّجِيدٌۭmajīdunGlorious

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

Transliteration fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin

English [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

1. فِىfīIn
2. لَوْحٍۢlawḥina Tablet
3. مَّحْفُوظٍۭmaḥfūẓinGuarded