Meccan·Surah 85

البروج

Surah Al-Buruj — Ayah 6

The Great Stars

22 Ayahs·Verse 85:6
85:6

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ

When they were sitting near it

Context in Surah Al-Buruj

Nearby ayahs help place verse 85:6 in sequence and meaning.

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

Cursed were the companions of the trench

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

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

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,