Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Wassamaaa'i zaatil burooj

Wal yawmil maw'ood

Wa shaahidinw wa mashhood

Qutila as haabul ukhdood

Annaari zaatil waqood

Iz hum 'alaihaa qu'ood

Wa hum 'alaa maa yaf'aloona bilmu 'mineena shuhood

Wa maa naqamoo minhum illaaa aiyu'minoo billaahil 'azeezil Hameed

Allazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai 'in Shaheed

Innal lazeena fatanul mu'mineena wal mu'minaati summa lam yatooboo falahum 'azaabu Jahannama wa lahum 'azaabul hareeq

Innal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum Jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaar; zaalikal fawzul kabeer

Inna batsha Rabbika lashadeed

Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed

Wa Huwal Ghafoorul Wadood

Zul 'Arshil Majeed

Fa' 'aalul limaa yureed

Hal ataaka hadeesul junood

Fir'awna wa Samood

Balil lazeena kafaroo fee takzeeb

Wallaahu minw waraaa'ihim muheet

Bal huwa Quraanum Majeed

Fee Lawhim Mahfooz

By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;

By the promised Day (of Judgment);

By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;

Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),

Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:

Behold! they sat over against the (fire),

And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.

And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!

Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things.

Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.

For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfillment of all desires),

Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.

It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).

And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness,

Lord of the Throne of Glory,

Doer (without let) of all that He intends.

Has the story reached thee, of the forces

Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?

And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!

But Allah doth encompass them from behind!

Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,

(Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!

Surah al-Burooj was revealed in Makkah and consists of twenty-two verses. This Surah maybe divided into six parts for better understanding.

In the first part, Verse 1- 3, Allah swears by the sky and the great stars, the Day of Judgement, the witness, which is Friday and the witnessed which is Day of 'Arafah.

The second section, Verse 4-9, refers to the story of the People of Ditch. It provides information about a group of people who were among the disbelievers. They went after those among them who believed in Allah and they attempted to force them to give up their religion. However the believers refused to recant so the disbelievers dug a ditch for them in the ground. Then they lit a great fire in it and prepared some fuel for it in order to keep it ablaze. Then they tried to convince the believers to leave their religion again, but they still refused to do so, so they threw them into the blazing fire. In fact, it was the king of the city of Najraan in Yemen, Dhu Nuwaas, who had thrown thousands of sincere and true believers in his city into a large ditch filled with a blazing fire, burning them alive in an effort to force those who refused to give up their religion to change their minds. This story is said to have happened in the year 523AD, some forty-eight years before the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAWW. These verse concluded by mentioning that Allah has the dominion of the heaven and the earth and that nothing is concealed from HIM.

The third section consist of two verse, verse 10 and verse 11. The Qur'an warns that those who cause harm to the believers and arrogantly refused to admit their wrong and atone for it will, on the Day of Judgement, face a severe punishment in Hell-Fire. Verse 11 inspires the believers not to be discouraged by the hardships and sufferings they undergo, for they are destined for ultimate success. Compared to their everlasting rewards, their worldly plight is insignificant.

The fourth section, Verse 12 to 16, continues to stress Allah's greatness, absolute Command and perfect strength and power to begin the creation and repeat it without opposite or resistance and the ability to do whatever HE wills in HIS Kingdom. It also promises Allah's love and mercy for those who believe and do righteous deeds.

The fifth section, Verse 17-20, provides two well-known illustration of human foolishness and arrogance, as represented by the Pharaoh of Egypt who rejected the truth with which Allah sent Moosaa AS and the ancient tribe of Thamud who rejected the truth which Allah sent Saleh AS.

Pharaoh and the tribe of Thamud did not realize, in their denial of Allah, that Allah is Ever Present and surrounding them in their denial. The arrogance of power made them think that their power was invulnerable- the power which cannot be harmed or damaged. Yet their power passed away.

The Surah ends Verse 21-22, withe assertion that the Qur'an is a Glorious revelation preserved upon a well-guarded Tablet. This related to Allah's Promises that the Qur'an will never be corrupted and will remain free of all additions, deletions and textual changes.