# Sura  85 - The Constellations

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> 85. al-Buruj: the Constellations
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> 1 By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars, 
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> 2 And by the Promised Day. 
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> 3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony, 
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> 4 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch 
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> 5 Of the fuel-fed fire, 
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> 6 When they sat by it, 
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> 7 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. 
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> 8 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise, 
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> 9 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness. 
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> 10 Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning. 
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> 11 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success. 
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> 12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern. 
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> 13 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth, 
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> 14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving, 
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> 15 Lord of the Throne of Glory, 
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> 16 Doer of what He will. 
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> 17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts 
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> 18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ? 
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> 19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial 
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> 20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them. 
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> 21 Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an. 
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> 22 On a guarded tablet.
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> — *Sura  85 - The Constellations*