Al-Buruj

By the sky full of constellations,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

By the sky containing great stars

— Saheeh International

and the promised Day ˹of Judgment˺,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [by] the promised Day

— Saheeh International

and the witness and what is witnessed!¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

— Saheeh International

Condemned are the makers of the ditch—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench¹

— Saheeh International

the fire ˹pit˺, filled with fuel—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

— Saheeh International

when they sat around it,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

When they were sitting near it.

— Saheeh International

watching what they had ˹ordered to be˺ done to the believers,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. ¹

— Saheeh International

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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

— Saheeh International

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.¹

— Saheeh International

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.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, those who have tortured¹ 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.

— Saheeh International

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

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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

— Saheeh International