The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the sky with its constellations, 1 by the Promised Day, 2 by the Witness and the witnessed, 3 slain were the Men of the Pit, 4 the makers of the fuel-stoked fire! 5 They sat by it 6 and they were witnesses of what they did to the believers 7 And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy, 8 To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things. 9 Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them! 10 Indeed those who believed and did good deeds – for them are Gardens beneath which rivers flow; this is the great success. 11 The vengeance of God is terribly severe. 12 Surely it is He who originates, and brings again, 13 And He only is the Oft Forgiving, the Beloved of His bondmen. 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 The great doer of what He will. 16 Has the story of the armies reached you, 17 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 But God surrounds them from all sides. 20 Nay! This is a Glorious Quran, 21 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate. 22