people of the trench

Al-Burūj 85:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١

By the sky containing great stars

Al-Burūj 85:2

وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ ٢

And [by] the promised Day

Al-Burūj 85:3

وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ ٣

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

Al-Burūj 85:4

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ ٤

Cursed were the companions of the trench

Al-Burūj 85:5

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ ٥

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

Al-Burūj 85:6

إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ ٦

When they were sitting near it

Al-Burūj 85:7

وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ ٧

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

Al-Burūj 85:8

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٨

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,