P: He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
S: Surely he thought that he would never return.
084.015 Y: Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!
P: Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
S: Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
084.016 Y: So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;
P: Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
S: But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
084.017 Y: The Night and its Homing;
P: And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
S: And the night and that which it drives on,
084.018 Y: And the Moon in her fullness:
P: And by the moon when she is at the full,
S: And the moon when it grows full,
084.019 Y: Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.
P: That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
S: That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
084.020 Y: What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-
P: What aileth them, then, that they believe not
S: But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
084.021 Y: And when the Qur"an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,
P: And, when the Qur"an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
S: And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
084.022 Y: But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).
P: Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
S: Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
084.023 Y: But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their b.r.e.a.s.t.s)
P: And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
S: And Allah knows best what they hide,
084.024 Y: So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,
P: So give them tidings of a painful doom,
S: So announce to them a painful punishment,
084.025 Y: Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.
P: Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
S: Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Chapter 85:
AL-BUROOJ (THE MANSIONS OF THE STARS, CONSTELLATIONS) Total Verses: 22 Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
085.001 Y: By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;
P: By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
S: I swear by the mansions of the stars,
085.002 Y: By the promised Day (of Judgment);
P: And by the Promised Day.
S: And the promised day,
085.003 Y: By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;-
P: And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
S: And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.
085.004 Y: Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),