The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, 1 By the promised Day (of Judgment); 2 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- 3 destroyed were the people of the trench, 4 of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! 5 When they were sitting near it 6 and were themselves witnesses of what they did with the believers. 7 whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, 8 To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things. 9 Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the chastisement of Hell, and theirs shall be the chastisement 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 Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible. 12 Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection). 13 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving, 14 Master of the Honourable Throne. 15 Doer (without let) of all that He intends. 16 Has not there come to you the story of the hosts, 17 of Pharaoh and of Thamood? 18 But those who disbelieve are engaged in denial. 19 and God is behind them, encompassing. 20 Indeed, this is a Glorious Koran, 21 (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved! 22