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85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
ذَاتِ
ٱلْبُرُوجِ
By the sky with its towering constellations,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ
ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
by the promised Day,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:3
وَشَاهِدٍۢ
وَمَشْهُودٍۢ
by the Witness and that which is witnessed,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:4
قُتِلَ
أَصْحَـٰبُ
ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
damned were the makers of the trench,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:5
ٱلنَّارِ
ذَاتِ
ٱلْوَقُودِ
the makers of the fuel-stoked fire!

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:6
إِذْ
هُمْ
عَلَيْهَا
قُعُودٌۭ
They sat down

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:7
وَهُمْ
عَلَىٰ
مَا
يَفْعَلُونَ
بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
شُهُودٌۭ
to watch what they were doing to the believers.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:8
وَمَا
نَقَمُوا۟
مِنْهُمْ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يُؤْمِنُوا۟
بِٱللَّهِ
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Their only grievance against them was their faith in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:9
ٱلَّذِى
لَهُۥ
مُلْكُ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَىْءٍۢ
شَهِيدٌ
to whom all control over the heavens and earth belongs: God is witness over all things.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:10
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
فَتَنُوا۟
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
ثُمَّ
لَمْ
يَتُوبُوا۟
فَلَهُمْ
عَذَابُ
جَهَنَّمَ
وَلَهُمْ
عَذَابُ
ٱلْحَرِيقِ
For those who persecute believing men and women, and do not repent afterwards, there will be the torment of Hell and burning.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:11
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟
وَعَمِلُوا۟
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
لَهُمْ
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ
تَجْرِى
مِن
تَحْتِهَا
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
ٱلْفَوْزُ
ٱلْكَبِيرُ
But for those who believe and do good deeds there will be Gardens graced with flowing streams: that is the great triumph.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:12
إِنَّ
بَطْشَ
رَبِّكَ
لَشَدِيدٌ
[Prophet], your Lord’s punishment is truly stern––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:13
إِنَّهُۥ
هُوَ
يُبْدِئُ
وَيُعِيدُ
it is He who brings people to life, and will restore them to life again––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:14
وَهُوَ
ٱلْغَفُورُ
ٱلْوَدُودُ
and He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:15
ذُو
ٱلْعَرْشِ
ٱلْمَجِيدُ
The Glorious Lord of the Throne,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:16
فَعَّالٌۭ
لِّمَا
يُرِيدُ
He does whatever He will.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:17
هَلْ
أَتَىٰكَ
حَدِيثُ
ٱلْجُنُودِ
Have you [not] heard the stories of the forces

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:18
فِرْعَوْنَ
وَثَمُودَ
of Pharaoh and Thamud?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:19
بَلِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا۟
فِى
تَكْذِيبٍۢ
Yet still the disbelievers persist in denial.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:20
وَٱللَّهُ
مِن
وَرَآئِهِم
مُّحِيطٌۢ
God surrounds them all.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:21
بَلْ
هُوَ
قُرْءَانٌۭ
مَّجِيدٌۭ
This is truly a glorious Quran

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

85:22
فِى
لَوْحٍۢ
مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
[written] on a preserved Tablet.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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