The Mansions of the Stars

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[85:1]

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

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And by the Promised Day.

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And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

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(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

[85:5]

Of the fuel-fed fire,

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When they sat by it,

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And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

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They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

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Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

[85:10]

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.

[85:11]

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

[85:12]

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

[85:13]

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

[85:14]

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

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Lord of the Throne of Glory,

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Doer of what He will.

[85:17]

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

[85:18]

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

[85:19]

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

[85:20]

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

[85:21]

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur’an.

[85:22]

On a guarded tablet.