Surah Al-Buruj for kids

Surah

85

Verses

22

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

The Constellations

1. 1

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

   wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji

   By the sky containing great stars

   Word by word

   • وَٱلسَّمَآءِwal-samāiBy the sky
   • ذَاتِdhāticontaining
   • ٱلْبُرُوجِl-burūjithe constellations
2. 2

   وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

   wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi

   And [by] the promised Day

   Word by word

   • وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiAnd the Day
   • ٱلْمَوْعُودِl-mawʿūdiPromised
3. 3

   وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

   washāhidin wamashhūdin

   And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

   Word by word

   • وَشَاهِدٍۢwashāhidinAnd (the) witness
   • وَمَشْهُودٍۢwamashhūdinand what is witnessed
4. 4

   قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

   qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi

   Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

   Word by word

   • قُتِلَqutilaDestroyed were
   • أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions
   • ٱلْأُخْدُودِl-ukh'dūdi(of) the pit
5. 5

   ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

   al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi

   [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

   Word by word

   • ٱلنَّارِal-nāri(Of) the fire
   • ذَاتِdhātifull
   • ٱلْوَقُودِl-waqūdi(of) the fuel
6. 6

   إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

   idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun

   When they were sitting near it.

   Word by word

   • إِذْidhWhen
   • هُمْhumthey
   • عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāby it
   • قُعُودٌۭquʿūdun(were) sitting
7. 7

   وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

   wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun

   And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

   Word by word

   • وَهُمْwahumAnd they
   • عَلَىٰʿalāover
   • مَاmāwhat
   • يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey were doing
   • بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīnato the believers
   • شُهُودٌۭshuhūdunwitnesses
8. 8

   وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

   wamā naqamū min'hum illā an yu'minū bil-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi

   And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

   Word by word

   • وَمَاwamāAnd not
   • نَقَمُوا۟naqamūthey resented
   • مِنْهُمْmin'hum[of] them
   • إِلَّآillāexcept
   • أَنanthat
   • يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believed
   • بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
   • ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
   • ٱلْحَمِيدِl-ḥamīdithe Praiseworthy
9. 9

   ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

   alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

   To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.

   Word by word

   • ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
   • لَهُۥlahufor Him
   • مُلْكُmul'ku(is) the dominion
   • ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
   • وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
   • وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
   • عَلَىٰʿalāon
   • كُلِّkullievery
   • شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
   • شَهِيدٌshahīdun(is) a Witness
10. 10

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    inna alladhīna fatanū l-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama walahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi

    Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
    • فَتَنُوا۟fatanūpersecuted
    • ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believing men
    • وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِwal-mu'minātiand the believing women
    • ثُمَّthummathen
    • لَمْlamnot
    • يَتُوبُوا۟yatūbūthey repented
    • فَلَهُمْfalahumthen for them
    • عَذَابُʿadhābu(is the) punishment
    • جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
    • وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
    • عَذَابُʿadhābu(is the) punishment
    • ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi(of) the Burning Fire
11. 11

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
    • ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
    • وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
    • ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds
    • لَهُمْlahumfor them
    • جَنَّـٰتٌۭjannātun(will be) Gardens
    • تَجْرِىtajrīflow
    • مِنminfrom
    • تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath it
    • ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚl-anhāruthe rivers
    • ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
    • ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(is) the success
    • ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe great
12. 12

    إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

    inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun

    Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • بَطْشَbaṭsha(the) Grip
    • رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
    • لَشَدِيدٌlashadīdun(is) surely strong
13. 13

    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

    innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu

    Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

    Word by word

    • إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
    • هُوَhuwaHe
    • يُبْدِئُyub'di-uoriginates
    • وَيُعِيدُwayuʿīduand repeats
14. 14

    وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

    wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu

    And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

    Word by word

    • وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
    • ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
    • ٱلْوَدُودُl-wadūduthe Most Loving
15. 15

    ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

    dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu

    Honorable Owner of the Throne,

    Word by word

    • ذُوdhūOwner (of)
    • ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
    • ٱلْمَجِيدُl-majīduthe Glorious
16. 16

    فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

    faʿʿālun limā yurīdu

    Effecter of what He intends.

    Word by word

    • فَعَّالٌۭfaʿʿālunDoer
    • لِّمَاlimāof what
    • يُرِيدُyurīduHe intends
17. 17

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

    hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi

    Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

    Word by word

    • هَلْhalHas
    • أَتَىٰكَatākacome to you
    • حَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) story
    • ٱلْجُنُودِl-junūdi(of) the hosts
18. 18

    فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

    fir'ʿawna wathamūda

    [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

    Word by word

    • فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
    • وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud
19. 19

    بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ

    bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin

    But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

    Word by word

    • بَلِbaliNay
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
    • كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
    • فِىfī(are) in
    • تَكْذِيبٍۢtakdhībindenial
20. 20

    وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

    wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

    While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

    Word by word

    • وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
    • مِنminfrom
    • وَرَآئِهِمwarāihimbehind them
    • مُّحِيطٌۢmuḥīṭunencompasses
21. 21

    بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ

    bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun

    But this is an honored Qur’ān

    Word by word

    • بَلْbalNay
    • هُوَhuwaIt
    • قُرْءَانٌۭqur'ānun(is) a Quran
    • مَّجِيدٌۭmajīdunGlorious
22. 22

    فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

    fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin

    [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

    Word by word

    • فِىfīIn
    • لَوْحٍۢlawḥina Tablet
    • مَّحْفُوظٍۭmaḥfūẓinGuarded

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.