Surah Al-Buruj 85:7 — translation and meaning

البروج · Verse 7 / 22 · Page 590

وَهُمْ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

Word by Word

وَهُمْ
wahum
And they
عَلَى
ala
over
مَا
ma
what
يَفْعَلُونَ
yaf 'aluna
they were doing
بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ
bil-mu'minina
to the believers
شُهُودٌ
shuhudun
witnesses

Transliteration

Wa hum 'alaa maa yaf'aloona bilmu 'mineena shuhood

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They were witnesses to the torture and ill-treatment they meted out to the believers, as they were present there.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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