Ayah 4

85 : 4

Ayah 4 of البُرُوج (85 : 4). This page carries the verse in the Uthmani script with a translation of its meaning, at a stable URL that can be cited on its own.

البُرُوج Ayahs 22

85 : 4

قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

Explanation & meanings · 1

Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed." The "companions of the trench" (or ditch) were agents of a tyrannical king who refused to allow his people to believe in Allāh. Their evil deed in obedience to their ruler earned for them the curse of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .