1 By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
2 And by the Promised Day.
3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
They who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning. 85:10
85:1-9
1 By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
2 And by the Promised Day.
3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
The owners of the ditch [1]
were destroyed by a fuel-fed fire.
7And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
8 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
9 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
They were destroyed for what they did to the believers.
85:10-16
10Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.
11 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
Those who persecute believers will go
to the doom of a burning hell.
12Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
13 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
Your Lord's punishment is stern.
The Lord of the throne of glory
does whatever he wants.
85:17-22
Did you hear the stories about
Pharaoh and the tribe of Thamud? [2]
No, but disbelievers are in denial.
No, buti it's a beautiful Quran.
Notes
No one knows who the owned the ditch or why they self-destroyed.
It's just another mystery of the Quran.
The Quran asks its readers if they've heard the stories about the Pharaoh and the tribe of Thamud - stories that are repeated told throughout the Quran.
So this answer to this question to anyone who has read the Quran is "Yes - way too many times."
