وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ ١
wal-samāi dhāti l-burūji
1. By the sky containing great stars
Surah Al-Buruj transliteration
سورة البروج
Here is Surah Al-Buruj (“The Mansions of the Stars”) in transliteration: each of its 22 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ ٢
wal-yawmi l-mawʿūdi
2. And [by] the promised Day
وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ ٣
washāhidin wamashhūdin
3. And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ ٤
qutila aṣḥābu l-ukh'dūdi
4. Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1895
Notes
[1895] Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed." The "companions of the trench" (or ditch) were agents of a tyrannical king who refused to allow his people to believe in Allāh. Their evil deed in obedience to their ruler earned for them the curse of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ ٥
al-nāri dhāti l-waqūdi
5. [Containing] the fire full of fuel,
إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ ٦
idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūdun
6. When they were sitting near it.
وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ ٧
wahum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-mu'minīna shuhūdun
7. And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 1896
Notes
[1896] After casting the believers into a trench filled with fire, they sat at its edge, watching them burn to death. This event occurred before the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) .
وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ٨
wamā naqamū min'hum illā an yu'minū bil-lahi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥamīdi
8. And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ٩
alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun
9. To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1897
Notes
[1897] See footnote to 4:79.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ ١٠
inna alladhīna fatanū l-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama walahum ʿadhābu l-ḥarīqi
10. Indeed, those who have tortured1898 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.
Notes
[1898] Or, in this instance, the literal meaning of "burned" is also appropriate.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ١١
inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru dhālika l-fawzu l-kabīru
11. Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ١٢
inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīdun
12. Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ١٣
innahu huwa yub'di-u wayuʿīdu
13. Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ ١٤
wahuwa l-ghafūru l-wadūdu
14. And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ ١٥
dhū l-ʿarshi l-majīdu
15. Honorable Owner of the Throne,
فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٦
faʿʿālun limā yurīdu
16. Effecter of what He intends.
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ ١٧
hal atāka ḥadīthu l-junūdi
17. Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ ١٨
fir'ʿawna wathamūda
18. [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ ١٩
bali alladhīna kafarū fī takdhībin
19. But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ٢٠
wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun
20. While Allāh encompasses them from behind.1899
Notes
[1899] See footnote to 2:19
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ ٢١
bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun
21. But this is an honored Qur’ān
فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ٢٢
fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin
22. [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
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