The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sky with its constellations, 1 And by the Day promised, 2 by the Witness and the witnessed, 3 Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire), 4 of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! 5 When they sat by it (fire), 6 fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers, 7 And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy, 8 God to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is Witness over everything. 9 Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the chastisement of burning. 10 As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph. 11 The vengeance of God is terribly severe. 12 It is He who creates all things and causes them to return. 13 And He is the Forgiving, and the Loving. 14 – the Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 Executor of His own will. 16 Have you not heard the story of the hosts 17 the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial 19 However, God encompassed their activities. 20 What is revealed to you is certainly a glorious Quran 21 written on a preserved Tablet. 22