سُورَةُ البُرُوج

Al-Buruj, The Great Stars

The eighty-fifth surah of the Qur'an, 22 ayahs, revealed in Makkah.

The sky and its great stars, wheeling above a tower (85:1)

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ

By the sky with its great stars. (85:1)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 22Ayah 1

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