# Surah 85

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> Surah 85
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> Al Buruj (The Constellations)
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> In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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> 1.  By the Sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;
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> 2.  By the promised Day (of Judgment);
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> 3.  By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness--
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> 4.  Woe to the makers of the pit (of Fire),
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> 5.  Fire supplied (abundantly) with Fuel:
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> 6.  Behold! they sat over against the (fire).
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> 7.  And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.
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> 8.  And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, worthy of all Praise!--
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> 9.  Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! and Allah is Witness to all things.
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> 10.  Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: they will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.
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> 11.  For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens, Beneath which Rivers flow: that is the great Salvation, (the fulfillment of all desires).
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> 12.  Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.
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> 13.  It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).
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> 14.  And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of loving-kindness,
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> 15.  Lord of the Throne of Glory,
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> 16.  Doer (without let) of all that He intends.
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> 17.  Has the story reached thee, of the Forces--
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> 18.  Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?
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> 19.  And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!
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> 20.  But Allah doth encompass them from behind!
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> 21.  Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,
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> 22.  (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!
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> — *Surah 85*