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.

قُتِلَ أَصحابُ الأُخدودِ

Perished were the companions of the ditch.

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.

إِنَّ الَّذينَ فَتَنُوا المُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ ثُمَّ لَم يَتوبوا فَلَهُم عَذابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُم عَذابُ الحَريقِ

Those who persecute the believing men and women without repenting, will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.