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Sura Al-Buruj (22 verses).

85:1
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:1

CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Heavens: almost rent asunder by Allah`s Glory (50)   Heavens: starry (2)   Zodiac (3)   Astronomy (57)  

 


85:2
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:2

and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Resurrection (150)  

 


85:3
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:3

and [of] Him who witnesses [all], and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]! (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Witnesses: over all peoples (12)  

 


85:4
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:4

THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Pit of fire makers of (5)   Unbelievers (304)   Unbelievers: persecuting the Believers (6)  

 


85:5
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:5

of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Pit of fire makers of (5)   Unbelievers (304)   Unbelievers: persecuting the Believers (6)  

 


85:6
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:6

Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire], (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Pit of fire makers of (5)   Unbelievers (304)   Unbelievers: persecuting the Believers (6)  

 


85:7
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:7

fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Pit of fire makers of (5)   Unbelievers (304)   Unbelievers: persecuting the Believers (6)  

 


85:8
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:8

whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s attributes: Exalted in Power and Might (79)   Allah`s attributes: Praiseworthy (16)   Pit of fire makers of (5)   Unbelievers (304)   Unbelievers: persecuting the Believers (6)  

 


85:9
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:9

[and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything! (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth (53)   Allah`s attributes: Witness to all things (16)  

 


85:10
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:10

Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them! (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Repentance (46)   Unbelievers (304)   Unbelievers: persecuting the Believers (6)   Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)   Persecutors (1)  

 


85:11
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:11

[But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great! (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Believers: a single Brotherhood (181)   Believers: rewarded with Gardens (33)  

 


85:12
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:12

VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong! (asad) Audio   

 


85:13
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:13

Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew. (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: begins and repeats the Creation (10)   Resurrection (150)  

 


85:14
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:14

And He alone is truly-forgiving, all-embracing in His love, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s attributes: full of loving_kindness (2)  

 


85:15
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:15

in sublime almightiness enthroned, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s attributes: full of all glory (2)   Allah`s attributes: Lord of the Throne of Glory Supreme (10)  

 


85:16
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:16

a sovereign doer of whatever He wills. (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: does what He wills (10)  

 


85:17
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:17

HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts (asad) Audio   

 


85:18
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:18

of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud? (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Pharaoh: and Moses (174)   Pharaoh: mischief of (15)  

 


85:19
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:19

And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie: (asad) Audio   

 


85:20
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:20

but all the while God encompasses them [with His knowledge and might] without their being aware of it. (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: encompasses unbelievers (6)  

 


85:21
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:21

Nay, but this [divine writ which they reject] is a discourse sublime, (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Qur`an (200)   Qur`an: Glorious (2)  

 


85:22
Al-Buruj (The Big Stars) 85:22

upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed]. (asad) Audio   

Topics discussed in this verse:
Qur`an (200)   Qur`an: guarded by Allah (2)   Tablet Preserved (1)