بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالسَّماءِ ذاتِ البُروجِ

By the sky with the constellations.

وَاليَومِ المَوعودِ

And by the Promised Day.

وَشاهِدٍ وَمَشهودٍ

And by the witness and what is witnessed.

النّارِ ذاتِ الوَقودِ

With the intensely fueled fire.

إِذ هُم عَلَيها قُعودٌ

While they were seated around it.

وَهُم عَلىٰ ما يَفعَلونَ بِالمُؤمِنينَ شُهودٌ

Witnessing what they were doing to the believers.

وَما نَقَموا مِنهُم إِلّا أَن يُؤمِنوا بِاللَّهِ العَزيزِ الحَميدِ

They resented them simply because they believed in God, the Almighty, the Worthy of Praise.

الَّذي لَهُ مُلكُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ شَهيدٌ

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. God is ever watchful over everything.