| Wa As-Samā'i Dhāti Al-Burūji | 085.001 By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs; |
| Wa Al-Yawmi Al-Maw`ūdi | 085.002 By the promised Day (of Judgment); |
| Wa Shāhidin Wa Mash/hūdin | 085.003 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- |
| Qutila 'Aşĥābu Al-'Ukhdūdi | 085.004 Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire), |
| An-Nāri Dhāti Al-Waqūdi | 085.005 Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel: |
| 'Idh Hum `Alayhā Qu`ūdun | 085.006 Behold! they sat over against the (fire), |
| Wa Hum `Alá Mā Yaf`alūna Bil-Mu'uminīna Shuhūdun | 085.007 And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers. |
| Wa Mā Naqamū Minhum 'Illā 'An Yu'uminū Bil-Lahi Al-`Azīzi Al-Ĥamīdi | 085.008 And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in God, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!- |
| Al-Ladhī Lahu Mulku As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'Arđi Wa Allāhu `Alá Kulli Shay'in Shahīdun | 085.009 Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And God is Witness to all things. |
| 'Inna Al-Ladhīna Fatanū Al-Mu'uminīna Wa Al-Mu'umināti Thumma Lam Yatūbū Falahum `Adhābu Jahannama Wa Lahum `Adhābu Al-Ĥarīqi | 085.010 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. |
| 'Inna Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa `Amilū Aş-Şāliĥāti Lahum Jannātun Tajrī Min Taĥtihā Al-'Anhāru Dhālika Al-Fawzu Al-Kabīru | 085.011 For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires), |
| 'Inna Baţsha Rabbika Lashadīdun | 085.012 Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord. |
| 'Innahu Huwa Yubdi'u Wa Yu`īdu | 085.013 It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life). |
| Wa Huwa Al-Ghafūru Al-Wadūdu | 085.014 And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness, |
| Dhū Al-`Arshi Al-Majīdu | 085.015 Lord of the Throne of Glory, |
| Fa``ālun Limā Yurīdu | 085.016 Doer (without let) of all that He intends. |
| Hal 'Atāka Ĥadīthu Al-Junūdi | 085.017 Has the story reached thee, of the forces- |
| Fir`awna Wa Thamūda | 085.018 Of Pharaoh and the Thamud? |
| Bali Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Fī Takdhībin | 085.019 And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)! |
| Wa Allāhu Min Warā'ihim Muĥīţun | 085.020 But God doth encompass them from behind! |
| Bal Huwa Qur'ānun Majīdun | 085.021 Day, this is a Glorious Qur'an, |
| Fī Lawĥin Maĥfūžin | 085.022 (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved! |