Al-Buruj 85
The ConstellationsHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classified as revealed in the Meccan period, this surah begins with oaths by the sky with its great constellations, by the promised Day, and by the witness and what is witnessed. It then tells of the people of the trench, who sat beside a pit of blazing fire and watched what they were doing to the believers, resenting them for nothing except their faith in God, and declares that they were destroyed. Those who persecuted believing men and women without repenting will face the punishment of Hell and burning, while those who believe and do good will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. The surah goes on to describe God as the One who originates and repeats creation, Most Forgiving and Most Loving, and recalls the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud. It ends by stating that this is a glorious Quran in a Preserved Tablet.
- Sky of constellations
- People of the trench
- Persecuted believers
- Pharaoh and Thamud
- The Preserved Tablet
The name The name comes from verse 1, which swears by the sky with its great constellations.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
وَالسَّمَاءِ왓사마이 ذَاتِð다틸 الْبُرُوجِ부r루즈
By the sky with its great constellations,
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2
وَالْيَوْمِ왈야우밀 الْمَوْعُودِ마우우드
and the promised Day,
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3
وَشَاهِدٍ와샤히딘 وَمَشْهُودٍ와마시후드
and the witness and what is witnessed!
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4
قُتِلَ꾸틸라 أَصْحَابُ아스하불 الْأُخْدُودِ우흐두드
Destroyed were the people of the trench,
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5
النَّارِ안나r리 ذَاتِð다틸 الْوَقُودِ와꾸드
[the trench] of fire full of fuel,
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6
إِذْ이ð드 هُمْ훔 عَلَيْهَا알라이하 قُعُودٌ꾸우드
when they sat beside it,
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7
وَهُمْ와훔 عَلَىٰ알라 مَا마 يَفْعَلُونَ야f프알루나 بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ빌무으미니나 شُهُودٌ슈후드
and they were witnesses to what they were doing to the believers.
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8
وَمَا와마 نَقَمُوا나까무 مِنْهُمْ민훔 إِلَّا일라 أَنْ안 يُؤْمِنُوا유으미누 بِاللَّهِ빌라힐 الْعَزِيزِ아지질 الْحَمِيدِ하미드
And they resented them for nothing except that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy,
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9
الَّذِي알라ð디 لَهُ라후 مُلْكُ물쿳 السَّمَاوَاتِ사마와티 وَالْأَرْضِ왈아r르디 ۚ وَاللَّهُ왈라후 عَلَىٰ알라 كُلِّ쿨리 شَيْءٍ샤이인 شَهِيدٌ샤히드
to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And God is Witness over all things.
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10
إِنَّ인날 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 فَتَنُواf파타눌 الْمُؤْمِنِينَ무으미니나 وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ왈무으미나티 ثُمَّθ숨마 لَمْ람 يَتُوبُوا야투부 فَلَهُمْf팔라훔 عَذَابُ아ð다부 جَهَنَّمَ자한나마 وَلَهُمْ왈라훔 عَذَابُ아ð다불 الْحَرِيقِ하r리끄
Indeed those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of burning.
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11
إِنَّ인날 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 آمَنُوا아마누 وَعَمِلُوا와아밀룻 الصَّالِحَاتِ살리하티 لَهُمْ라훔 جَنَّاتٌ잔나툰 تَجْرِي타즈r리 مِنْ민 تَحْتِهَا타흐티할 الْأَنْهَارُ안하r루 ۚ ذَٰلِكَð달리칼 الْفَوْزُf파우줄 الْكَبِيرُ카비r르
Indeed those who believe and do righteous deeds will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.
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12
إِنَّ인나 بَطْشَ바뜨샤 رَبِّكَr랍비카 لَشَدِيدٌ라샤디드
Indeed the grip of your Lord is severe.
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13
إِنَّهُ인나후 هُوَ후와 يُبْدِئُ윱디우 وَيُعِيدُ와유이드
Indeed it is He who originates and repeats [creation].
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14
وَهُوَ와후왈 الْغَفُورُ가f푸r룰 الْوَدُودُ와두드
And He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving,
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15
ذُوð둘 الْعَرْشِ아r르실 الْمَجِيدُ마지드
Owner of the Throne, the Glorious,
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16
فَعَّالٌf파알룰 لِمَا리마 يُرِيدُ유r리드
Doer of whatever He intends.
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17
هَلْ할 أَتَاكَ아타카 حَدِيثُ하디θ술 الْجُنُودِ주누드
Has the story of the armies reached you —
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18
فِرْعَوْنَf피r르아우나 وَثَمُودَ와θ사무드
[those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
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19
بَلِ발릴 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 كَفَرُوا카f파r루 فِيf피 تَكْذِيبٍ탁ð디브
Rather, those who disbelieve are in denial,
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20
وَاللَّهُ왈라후 مِنْ민 وَرَائِهِمْ와r라이힘 مُحِيطٌ무히뜨
while God encompasses them from behind.
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بَلْ발 هُوَ후와 قُرْآنٌ꾸r르아눔 مَجِيدٌ마지드
Rather, it is a glorious Quran,
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22
فِيf피 لَوْحٍ라우힘 مَحْفُوظٍ마흐f푸ð드
in a Preserved Tablet.