The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac, 1 And the promised day, 2 By the witness and the witnessed! 3 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch 4 Full of fire fed by faggots, 5 When they sat by it, 6 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 7 And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy 8 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness. 9 Those who persecute the believers, men and women, and then have not repented, there awaits them the chastisement of Gehenna, and there awaits them the chastisement of the burning. 10 Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment. 11 VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong! 12 It is He who creates all things and causes them to return. 13 And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness, 14 – the Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 Who does as He pleases. 16 Hast thou received the story of the hosts, 17 Pharaoh and Thamood? 18 But those who disbelieve are engaged in denial. 19 Allah encompasses them all from behind. 20 This is indeed the glorious Qur'an 21 in a guarded tablet. 22