The Mansions of the Stars, The Constellations — John Medows Rodwell Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Stars

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ

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BY the star-bespangled Heaven

Waalssama-i thati alburooji

وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ

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By the promised Day

Waalyawmi almawAAoodi

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ

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By the witness and the witnessed

Washahidin wamashhoodin

قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ

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Cursed the masters of the trenc

Qutila as-habu alukhdoodi

النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ

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Of the fuel-fed fire

Alnnari thati alwaqoodi

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

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When they sat around i

Ith hum AAalayha quAAoodun

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

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Witnesses of what they inflicted on the believers

Wahum AAala ma yafAAaloona bialmu/mineena shuhoodun

وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ

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Nor did they torment them but for their faith in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy

Wama naqamoo minhum illa an yu/minoo biAllahi alAAazeezi alhameedi

الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

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His the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; and God is the witness of everything

Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waal-ardi waAllahu AAala kulli shay-in shaheedun

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ

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Verily, those who vexed the believers, men and women, and repented not, doth the torment of Hell, and the torment of the burning, await

Inna allatheena fatanoo almu/mineena waalmu/minati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabu jahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeqi

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ

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But for those who shall have believed and done the things that be right, are the Gardens beneath whose shades the rivers flow. This the immense bliss

Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum jannatun tajree min tahtiha al-anharu thalika alfawzu alkabeeru

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

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Verily, right terrible will be thy Lord's vengeance

Inna batsha rabbika lashadeedun

إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

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He it is who produceth all things, and causeth them to return

Innahu huwa yubdi-o wayuAAeedu

وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ

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And is He the Indulgent, the Loving

Wahuwa alghafooru alwadoodu

ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ

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Possessor of the Glorious throne

Thoo alAAarshi almajeedi

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

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Worker of that he willeth

FaAAAAalun lima yureedu

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ

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Hath not the story reached thee of the host

Hal ataka hadeethu aljunoodi

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

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Of Pharaoh and Themoud

FirAAawna wathamooda

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ

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Nay! the infields are all for denial

Bali allatheena kafaroo fee taktheebin

وَاللَّهُ مِن وَرَائِهِم مُّحِيطٌ

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But God surroundeth them from behind

WaAllahu min wara-ihim muheetun

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ

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Yet it is a glorious Koran

Bal huwa qur-anun majeedun

فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ

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Written on the preserved Table

Fee lawhin mahfoothin

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