Surah 85
البروج Al-Buruj · The Constellations
- Verses
- 22
- Revealed
- Meccan
- Juz
- 30
- Rukus
- 1
- Revelation order
- 27
- Pages
- 590–590
About Surah Al-Buruj
Surah Al-Buruj (البروج, “The Constellations”) is chapter 85 of the Quran and contains 22 verses. It is a Meccan surah, revealed 27th of the 114. It appears in juz 30, spans pages 590–590 of the standard mushaf, and is divided into 1 ruku.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
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وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
And by the Promised Day.
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وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
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قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch
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ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
Of the fuel-fed fire,
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إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
When they sat by it,
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وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
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وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
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ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
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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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
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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إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
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وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
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ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Lord of the Throne of Glory,
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فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Doer of what He will.
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
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فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?
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بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
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وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
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بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
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فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
On a guarded tablet.
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Common questions
How many verses are in Surah Al-Buruj?
Surah Al-Buruj has 22 verses.
Is Surah Al-Buruj Meccan or Medinan?
Surah Al-Buruj is a Meccan surah, revealed in Makkah.
What number is Surah Al-Buruj in the Quran?
It is chapter 85 of 114, and the 27th surah in the order of revelation.
Which juz is Surah Al-Buruj in?
It appears in juz 30, on pages 590–590 of the standard mushaf.
How many pages is Surah Al-Buruj?
It fits on a single page of the standard 604-page Madinah mushaf, page 590.
Which para is Surah Al-Buruj in?
Para 30. Para is the name used in South Asia for a juz, one of the 30 equal parts of the Quran.
How many words and letters are in Surah Al-Buruj?
109 words and 463 letters, counted from the Uthmani text: a word is a space-separated group, and a letter is a base Arabic letter without its vowel marks. Counts made another way differ slightly. Counts for every surah
How many rukus are in Surah Al-Buruj?
One: the whole surah is a single ruku, the section marked with the letter ‘ayn (ع) in the margin of many printings. Rukus in every surah and para
How long does it take to recite Surah Al-Buruj?
About 4 minutes at Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary's measured pace. The recordings timed on this site take from 2 minutes (Abdurrahman As-Sudais) to 5 minutes (Abdul Basit Abdus Samad). Every surah, timed
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