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.
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By the sky with its great constellations,
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and the promised Day,
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and the witness and what is witnessed!
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Destroyed were the people of the trench,
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[the trench] of fire full of fuel,
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when they sat beside it,
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and they were witnesses to what they were doing to the believers.
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And they resented them for nothing except that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy,
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to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And God is Witness over all things.
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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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Indeed those who believe and do righteous deeds will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.
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Indeed the grip of your Lord is severe.
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Indeed it is He who originates and repeats [creation].
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And He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving,
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Owner of the Throne, the Glorious,
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Doer of whatever He intends.
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Has the story of the armies reached you —
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[those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
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Rather, those who disbelieve are in denial,
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while God encompasses them from behind.
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Rather, it is a glorious Quran,
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in a Preserved Tablet.