The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the sky containing great stars 1 By the promised Day (of Judgment); 2 By the witness and the witnessed! 3 Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King). 4 by a burning fire 5 while they themselves sat around it 6 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 7 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise, 8 God to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is Witness over everything. 9 Verily those who affected the believing men and the believing women, and then repented not, theirs shall be the torment of Hell, and theirs shall be the torment of burning. 10 Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment. 11 The grip of your Lord is indeed severe, 12 It is He who creates all things and causes them to return. 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 Master of the Honourable Throne. 15 Executor of His own will. 16 Have you not heard about the stories of the armies 17 Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud? 18 Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth. 19 But Allah doth encompass them from behind! 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 (Preserved) on the guarded tablet. 22