Revealed in Makkah, Surah Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars) begins by swearing by the star-studded sky to console the persecuted Muslims. It recounts the historical tragedy of the People of the Ditch (Ukhdud), where a tyrant threw early believers into a blazing fire for refusing to renounce their faith. It promises destruction to persecutors and notes the preservation of the Quran on a Guarded Tablet.
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Waalssamai thati alburooji
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By the sky with the constellations
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Waalyawmi almawAAoodi
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And by the Promised Day
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Washahidin wamashhoodin
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And by the witness and the witnessed
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Qutila ashabu alukhdoodi
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Destroyed were the People of the Trench
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Alnnari thati alwaqoodi
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The fire supplied with fuel
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Ith hum AAalayha quAAoodun
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While they sat around it
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Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bialmumineena shuhoodun
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And were witnessing what they did to the believers
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Wama naqamoo minhum illa an yuminoo biAllahi alAAazeezi alhameedi
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They begrudged them only because they believed in God the Almighty, the Praiseworthy
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Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi waAllahu AAala kulli shayin shaheedun
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To Whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything
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Inna allatheena fatanoo almumineena waalmuminati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabu jahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeqi
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Those who tempt the believers, men and women, then do not repent; for them is the punishment of Hell; for them is the punishment of Burning
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Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum jannatun tajree min tahtiha alanharu thalika alfawzu alkabeeru
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Those who believe and do righteous deeds will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph
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Inna batsha rabbika lashadeedun
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The onslaught of your Lord is severe
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Innahu huwa yubdio wayuAAeedu
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It is He who begins and repeats
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Wahuwa alghafooru alwadoodu
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And He is the Forgiving, the Loving
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Thoo alAAarshi almajeedi
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Possessor of the Glorious Throne
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FaAAAAalun lima yureedu
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Doer of whatever He wills
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Hal ataka hadeethu aljunoodi
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Has there come to you the story of the legions
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FirAAawna wathamooda
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Of Pharaoh and Thamood
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Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheebin
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In fact, those who disbelieve are in denial
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WaAllahu min waraihim muheetun
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And God encloses them from beyond