The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sky with its constellations, 1 by the promised day, 2 And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne. 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 Of fire fuel-fed, 5 when they were seated around it 6 Witnessing what they had done to the believers! 7 They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise, 8 to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over all things. 9 Those who persecuted the believing men and women and never repented, there is for them the punishment of Gehenna (Hell), and for them the punishment of the burning. 10 Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph. 11 The grip of your Lord is indeed severe, 12 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces, 13 and He is the Forgiving and Loving One. 14 Owner of the throne, the Glorious 15 The Doer of whatever He wants. 16 Hast thou received the story of the hosts, 17 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth. 19 and God is behind them, encompassing. 20 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, 21 (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved! 22