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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ wal-samāi By the sky
ذَاتِ dhāti containing
ٱلْبُرُوجِ l-burūji the constellations

Verse 2 - Surah Al-Burooj: 2 words

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

And [by] the promised Day

وَٱلْيَوْمِ wal-yawmi And the Day
ٱلْمَوْعُودِ l-mawʿūdi Promised

Verse 3 - Surah Al-Burooj: 2 words

وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

وَشَاهِدٍۢ washāhidin And (the) witness
وَمَشْهُودٍۢ wamashhūdin and what is witnessed

Verse 4 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Cursed were the companions of the trench

قُتِلَ qutila Destroyed were
أَصْحَـٰبُ aṣḥābu (the) companions
ٱلْأُخْدُودِ l-ukh'dūdi (of) the pit

Verse 5 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

ٱلنَّارِ al-nāri (Of) the fire
ذَاتِ dhāti full
ٱلْوَقُودِ l-waqūdi (of) the fuel

Verse 6 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌۭ

When they were sitting near it

إِذْ idh When
هُمْ hum they
عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā by it
قُعُودٌۭ quʿūdun (were) sitting

Verse 7 - Surah Al-Burooj: 6 words

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌۭ

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

وَهُمْ wahum And they
عَلَىٰ ʿalā over
مَا mā what
يَفْعَلُونَ yafʿalūna they were doing
بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ bil-mu'minīna to the believers
شُهُودٌۭ shuhūdun witnesses

Verse 8 - Surah Al-Burooj: 9 words

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,

وَمَا wamā And not
نَقَمُوا۟ naqamū they resented
مِنْهُمْ min'hum [of] them
إِلَّآ illā except
أَن an that
يُؤْمِنُوا۟ yu'minū they believed
بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah
ٱلْعَزِيزِ l-ʿazīzi the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَمِيدِ l-ḥamīdi the Praiseworthy

Verse 9 - Surah Al-Burooj: 10 words

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.

ٱلَّذِى alladhī The One Who
لَهُۥ lahu for Him
مُلْكُ mul'ku (is) the dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ wal-arḍi and the earth
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu and Allah
عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
كُلِّ kulli every
شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing
شَهِيدٌ shahīdun (is) a Witness

Verse 10 - Surah Al-Burooj: 14 words

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.

إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
فَتَنُوا۟ fatanū persecuted
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believing men
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ wal-mu'mināti and the believing women
ثُمَّ thumma then
لَمْ lam not
يَتُوبُوا۟ yatūbū they repented
فَلَهُمْ falahum then for them
عَذَابُ ʿadhābu (is the) punishment
جَهَنَّمَ jahannama (of) Hell
وَلَهُمْ walahum and for them
عَذَابُ ʿadhābu (is the) punishment
ٱلْحَرِيقِ l-ḥarīqi (of) the Burning Fire

Verse 11 - Surah Al-Burooj: 14 words

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.

إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟ waʿamilū and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ l-ṣāliḥāti the righteous deeds
لَهُمْ lahum for them
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ jannātun (will be) Gardens
تَجْرِى tajrī flow
مِن min from
تَحْتِهَا taḥtihā underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ l-anhāru the rivers
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
ٱلْفَوْزُ l-fawzu (is) the success
ٱلْكَبِيرُ l-kabīru the great

Verse 12 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

إِنَّ inna Indeed
بَطْشَ baṭsha (the) Grip
رَبِّكَ rabbika (of) your Lord
لَشَدِيدٌ lashadīdun (is) surely strong

Verse 13 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed He
هُوَ huwa He
يُبْدِئُ yub'di-u originates
وَيُعِيدُ wayuʿīdu and repeats

Verse 14 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
ٱلْغَفُورُ l-ghafūru (is) the Oft-Forgiving
ٱلْوَدُودُ l-wadūdu the Most Loving

Verse 15 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

ذُو dhū Owner (of)
ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi the Throne
ٱلْمَجِيدُ l-majīdu the Glorious

Verse 16 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words

فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

Effecter of what He intends.

فَعَّالٌۭ faʿʿālun Doer
لِّمَا limā of what
يُرِيدُ yurīdu He intends

Verse 17 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

هَلْ hal Has
أَتَىٰكَ atāka come to you
حَدِيثُ ḥadīthu (the) story
ٱلْجُنُودِ l-junūdi (of) the hosts

Verse 18 - Surah Al-Burooj: 2 words

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna Firaun
وَثَمُودَ wathamūda and Thamud

Verse 19 - Surah Al-Burooj: 5 words

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍۢ

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

بَلِ bali Nay
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who
كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieve
فِى fī (are) in
تَكْذِيبٍۢ takdhībin denial

Verse 20 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ

While Allah encompasses them from behind.

وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu But Allah
مِن min from
وَرَآئِهِم warāihim behind them
مُّحِيطٌۢ muḥīṭun encompasses

Verse 21 - Surah Al-Burooj: 4 words

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ

But this is an honored Qur'an

بَلْ bal Nay
هُوَ huwa It
قُرْءَانٌۭ qur'ānun (is) a Quran
مَّجِيدٌۭ majīdun Glorious

Verse 22 - Surah Al-Burooj: 3 words

فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

فِى fī In
لَوْحٍۢ lawḥin a Tablet
مَّحْفُوظٍۭ maḥfūẓin Guarded

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Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ