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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
Allah's Name to commence with, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
In the name of Allah, the Infinitely Gracious, the Most Merciful.
وَ السَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوْجِ(1)
By the oath of the sky which contains the great stars.
By the sky possessing constellations.
وَ الْیَوْمِ الْمَوْعُوْدِ(2)
And by that Day which is promised.
And the Promised Day,
وَ شَاهِدٍ وَّ مَشْهُوْدٍﭤ(3)
And by that day which is a witness (i.e. Friday) and by that day in which the people present themselves (i.e. the day of 'Arafah).
And by the Witness Day and by the Day people attend.
قُتِلَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاُخْدُوْدِ(4)
May the People of the Trench (of fire) be cursed (who tortured the believers).
Woe to the people of the ditch
النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُوْدِ(5)
Those who lit that blazing fire.
of the blazing fire.
اِذْ هُمْ عَلَیْهَا قُعُوْدٌ(6)
When they were sitting at its borders.
When they were sitting around it.
وَّ هُمْ عَلٰى مَا یَفْعَلُوْنَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ شُهُوْدٌﭤ(7)
And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the Muslims.
And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the believers.
وَ مَا نَقَمُوْا مِنْهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یُّؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَمِیْدِ(8)
And what did they dislike of the Muslims except this that they believed in Allah, the Most Honourable, the Most Praiseworthy?
And they were only averse to this that they (Muslims) embraced faith in Allah, the Most-Exalted, the Most-Praiseworthy,
الَّذِیْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ شَهِیْدٌﭤ(9)
That to only Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Witness upon everything.
to Whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is a Witness over everything.