Surah Al-Burooj word by word
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Al-Burooj (البروج) word by word, in full: Meccan, revealed in Mecca, 22 verses, 109 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.
With 109 words to discover, Surah Al-Burooj becomes accessible even without knowing how to read Arabic: the transliteration guides the pronunciation and the meaning gives the sense. Repeat each word, then read the whole verse again: this is the most effective way to memorize this surah, understand what you recite in prayer and grow your Quranic vocabulary.
Updated on 30 September 2026 at 4:42 AM
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Verse 1 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ
By the sky containing great stars
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
wal-samāi
By the sky
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ذَاتِ
dhāti
containing
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ٱلْبُرُوجِ
l-burūji
the constellations
Verse 2 - Surah Al-Burooj: 2 words
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وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
And [by] the promised Day
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وَٱلْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
And the Day
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ٱلْمَوْعُودِ
l-mawʿūdi
Promised
Verse 3 - Surah Al-Burooj: 2 words
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وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,
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وَشَاهِدٍۢ
washāhidin
And (the) witness
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وَمَشْهُودٍۢ
wamashhūdin
and what is witnessed
Verse 4 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Cursed were the companions of the trench
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قُتِلَ
qutila
Destroyed were
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أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(the) companions
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ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
l-ukh'dūdi
(of) the pit
Verse 5 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ
[Containing] the fire full of fuel,
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ٱلنَّارِ
al-nāri
(Of) the fire
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ذَاتِ
dhāti
full
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ٱلْوَقُودِ
l-waqūdi
(of) the fuel
Verse 6 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words
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إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ
When they were sitting near it
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إِذْ
idh
When
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هُمْ
hum
they
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عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
by it
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قُعُودٌۭ
quʿūdun
(were) sitting
Verse 7 - Surah Al-Burooj: 6 words
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وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ
And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.
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وَهُمْ
wahum
And they
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عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
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مَا
mā
what
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يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
they were doing
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بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
bil-mu'minīna
to the believers
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شُهُودٌۭ
shuhūdun
witnesses
Verse 8 - Surah Al-Burooj: 9 words
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وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
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وَمَا
wamā
And not
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نَقَمُوا۟
naqamū
they resented
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مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
[of] them
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إِلَّآ
illā
except
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أَن
an
that
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يُؤْمِنُوا۟
yu'minū
they believed
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بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
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ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi
the All-Mighty
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ٱلْحَمِيدِ
l-ḥamīdi
the Praiseworthy
Verse 9 - Surah Al-Burooj: 10 words
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ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ
To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.
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ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
The One Who
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لَهُۥ
lahu
for Him
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مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(is) the dominion
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ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
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وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
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عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
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كُلِّ
kulli
every
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شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
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شَهِيدٌ
shahīdun
(is) a Witness
Verse 10 - Surah Al-Burooj: 14 words
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.
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إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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فَتَنُوا۟
fatanū
persecuted
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ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believing men
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وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
wal-mu'mināti
and the believing women
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ثُمَّ
thumma
then
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لَمْ
lam
not
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يَتُوبُوا۟
yatūbū
they repented
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فَلَهُمْ
falahum
then for them
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عَذَابُ
ʿadhābu
(is the) punishment
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جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
(of) Hell
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وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
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عَذَابُ
ʿadhābu
(is the) punishment
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ٱلْحَرِيقِ
l-ḥarīqi
(of) the Burning Fire
Verse 11 - Surah Al-Burooj: 14 words
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.
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إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
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وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
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ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
the righteous deeds
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لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
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جَنَّـٰتٌۭ
jannātun
(will be) Gardens
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تَجْرِى
tajrī
flow
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مِن
min
from
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تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath it
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ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ
l-anhāru
the rivers
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ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
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ٱلْفَوْزُ
l-fawzu
(is) the success
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ٱلْكَبِيرُ
l-kabīru
the great
Verse 12 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words
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إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
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إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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بَطْشَ
baṭsha
(the) Grip
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رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
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لَشَدِيدٌ
lashadīdun
(is) surely strong
Verse 13 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words
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إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
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إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed He
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هُوَ
huwa
He
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يُبْدِئُ
yub'di-u
originates
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وَيُعِيدُ
wayuʿīdu
and repeats
Verse 14 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,
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وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
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ٱلْغَفُورُ
l-ghafūru
(is) the Oft-Forgiving
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ٱلْوَدُودُ
l-wadūdu
the Most Loving
Verse 15 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
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ذُو
dhū
Owner (of)
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ٱلْعَرْشِ
l-ʿarshi
the Throne
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ٱلْمَجِيدُ
l-majīdu
the Glorious
Verse 16 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
Effecter of what He intends.
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فَعَّالٌۭ
faʿʿālun
Doer
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لِّمَا
limā
of what
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يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
He intends
Verse 17 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ
Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -
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هَلْ
hal
Has
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أَتَىٰكَ
atāka
come to you
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حَدِيثُ
ḥadīthu
(the) story
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ٱلْجُنُودِ
l-junūdi
(of) the hosts
Verse 18 - Surah Al-Burooj: 2 words
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فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ
[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
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فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
Firaun
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وَثَمُودَ
wathamūda
and Thamud
Verse 19 - Surah Al-Burooj: 5 words
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بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ
But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,
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بَلِ
bali
Nay
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
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كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
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فِى
fī
(are) in
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تَكْذِيبٍۢ
takdhībin
denial
Verse 20 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words
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وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ
While Allah encompasses them from behind.
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وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
But Allah
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مِن
min
from
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وَرَآئِهِم
warāihim
behind them
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مُّحِيطٌۢ
muḥīṭun
encompasses
Verse 21 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words
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بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ
But this is an honored Qur'an
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بَلْ
bal
Nay
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هُوَ
huwa
It
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قُرْءَانٌۭ
qur'ānun
(is) a Quran
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مَّجِيدٌۭ
majīdun
Glorious
Verse 22 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words
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فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
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فِى
fī
In
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لَوْحٍۢ
lawḥin
a Tablet
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مَّحْفُوظٍۭ
maḥfūẓin
Guarded
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