وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, (1) وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day (2) وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ and [of] Him who witnesses [all],
and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]! (3) قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit (4) النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! (5) إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire], (6) وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers, (7) وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due, (8) الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs.
But God is witness unto everything! (9) إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them! (10) |
Abdullah Yusuf Ali By the sky, (displaying)6051 the Zodiacal Signs;6052 (Translation) 6051. Here is an appeal to three symbols in verses 1-3, and the substantive proposition is in verses 4-8, a denunciation of wicked persecutors of the votaries of Allah, persecutors who burnt righteous men for their Faith. The three Symbols are: (1) the Glorious Sky, with the broad belt of the Constellations marking the twelve Signs of the Zodiac; (2) the Day of Judgement, when all evil will be punished; and (3) certain Persons that will be witnesses, and certain Persons or things that will be the subjects of the witness. See the notes following. 6052. See n. 1950 to 15:16. The Stars of the Zodiac as well as of other Constellations are like the eyes of the Night. It may be that crimes are committed in the darkness of night (literally or metaphorically). But countless eyes (metaphorically) are watching all the time, and every author of evil will be brought to book. Buy this commentary from Amazon  .Other Translations of Verse : • By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs; (Abdullah Yusuf Ali) • By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars, (Mohamed Marmaduke Pickthall) • I swear by the mansions of the stars, (M. H. Shakir) • By the heaven, holding the big stars. (Taqiuddin Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan) • By the heaven adorned with big stars. (Abdul-Majid Daryabadi) • By the heaven of the constellations! (Hassan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish) • By the heaven of the constellations, (Muhammad Ayub Khan) • By the heaven having mansions of stars, (Sher Ali) • CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, (Muhammad Asad) • By heaven of the constellations, (Arthur John Arberry) |