The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven of the constellations! 1 by the Promised Day, 2 And by oath of the day that is a witness and by oath of a day in which the people present themselves. 3 slain were the Men of the Pit, 4 the makers of the fuel-stoked fire! 5 Behold! they sat over against the (fire), 6 and they were witnesses of what they did to the believers 7 And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy 8 To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things. 9 Indeed those who troubled the Muslim men and Muslim women, and then did not repent – for them is the punishment of hell, and for them is the punishment of fire. 10 As for the righteously striving believers, they will live in Paradise wherein streams flow. This is the greatest triumph. 11 Indeed, the seizing of your Lord is severe. 12 He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again, 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious, 15 Who does as He pleases. 16 Has the story of the hordes 17 Of Firon and Samood? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 But Allah doth encompass them from behind! 20 What is revealed to you is certainly a glorious Quran 21 that exists in a well-guarded tablet. 22