قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench[1]

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ

When they were sitting near it.

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. [1]

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

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

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And AllŒh, over all things, is Witness.[1]

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ

Indeed, those who have tortured[1] 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.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ

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

إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

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

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

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

وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Effecter of what He intends.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers –

فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ

[Those of] Pharaoh and Tham´d?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

While AllŒh encompasses them from behind.[1]

بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ

But this is an honored QurÕŒn

فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star[1]

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ

Indeed, He [i.e., AllŒh], to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,[1]

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ

By the sky which sends back[1]