85-1 : In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

85-2 : And by the promised Day.

85-3 : And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

85-4 : (Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch

85-5 : Of the fuel - fed fire,

85-6 : When they sat by it,

85-7 : And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

85-8 : They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of praise,

85-9 : Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

85-10 : Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.

85-11 : Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

85-12 : Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

85-13 : Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

85-14 : And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

85-15 : Lord of the Throne of Glory,

85-16 : Doer of what He will.

85-17 : Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

85-18 : Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

85-19 : Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

85-20 : And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

85-21 : Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

85-22 : On a guarded tablet.