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Al-Burūj

al-Burūj

The Constellations

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wa-s-samāʾi dhāti l-burūji

By the heaven with its Houses,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-l-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

by the Promised Day,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-shāhidin wa-mashhūdin

by the Witness and the Witnessed:

— Ali Quli Qarai

qutila ʾaṣḥābu l-ʾukhdūdi

perish the People of the Ditch!

— Ali Quli Qarai

an-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

The fire abounding in fuel,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

above which they sat

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-hum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bi-l-muʾminīna shuhūdun

as they were themselves witnesses to what they did to the faithful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā naqamū minhum ʾillā ʾan yuʾminū bi-llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

They were vindictive towards them only because they had faith in Allah, the All-mighty and the All-laudable,

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhī lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdun

to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is witness to all things.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna fatanū l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināti thumma lam yatūbū fa-lahum ʿadhābu jahannama wa-lahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi

Indeed those who persecute the faithful, men and women, and do not repent thereafter, there is the punishment of hell for them and the punishment of burning.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru

Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds—for them will be gardens with streams running in them. That is the supreme success.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna baṭsha rabbika la-shadīdun

Indeed your Lord’s striking is severe.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnahū huwa yubdiʾu wa-yuʿīdu

It is indeed He who originates and brings back,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-huwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

and He is the All-forgiving, the All-affectionate,

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhū- l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious,

— Ali Quli Qarai

faʿʿālun li-mā yurīdu

doer of what He desires.

— Ali Quli Qarai

hal ʾatāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

Did you receive the story of the hosts

— Ali Quli Qarai

firʿawna wa-thamūda

of Pharaoh and Thamud?

— Ali Quli Qarai

bali lladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

Indeed the faithless dwell in denial,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-llāhu min warāʾihim muḥīṭun

and Allah besieges them from all around.

— Ali Quli Qarai

bal huwa qurʾānun majīdun

Indeed it is a glorious Quran,

— Ali Quli Qarai

fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin

in a preserved tablet.

— Ali Quli Qarai