The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By heaven of the constellations, 1 by the promised day, 2 And the witness and the witnessed, 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 Of fire fuel-fed, 5 while they themselves sat around it 6 And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them). 7 And what did they dislike from the Muslims, except that the Muslims accepted faith in Allah the Most Honourable, the Most Praiseworthy? 8 [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything! 9 Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning. 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 is the Forgiving and Loving One. 14 Owner of the throne, the Glorious 15 the Executor of what He wills. 16 Has the story of the hordes 17 the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial, 19 While Allah encompasses them from behind. 20 Indeed, this is a Glorious Koran, 21 inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet. 22