Chapter 85 of the Qur'an · “The Mansions of the Stars” · 22 verses · revealed in Makkah
85:1 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِBy the sky with its great constellations,
85:2وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِand by the promised day,
85:3وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍand by the witness and what is witnessed,
85:4قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِcursed were the people of the trench,
85:5ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِthe fire abundant with fuel,
85:6إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌas they sat over it,
85:7وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌwitnessing what they were doing to the believers.
85:8وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِTheir only grudge against them was that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy,
85:9ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌthe one to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth — and God is witness over all things.
85:10إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِIndeed, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent — for them is the punishment of jahannam, and for them is the punishment of the burning fire.
85:11إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُBut those who believe and do righteous deeds — for them are gardens through which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.
85:12إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌIndeed, the grip of your Lord is severe.
85:13إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُIndeed, he is the one who originates and restores.
85:14وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُAnd he is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving,
85:15ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُLord of the Throne, the Glorious,
85:16فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُaccomplishing whatever he wills.
85:17هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِHas the story of the armies reached you —