Al-Buruj
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ
By the heaven, holding the big stars.
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ
And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection);
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ
And by the witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafat (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah];
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ
Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King).
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ
Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel,
إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ
When they sat by it (fire),
وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ
And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ
They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ
Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything.