The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, 1 and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day, 2 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- 3 Accursed be the People of the Ditch! 4 the fire with its fuel, 5 while they sat 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 and the One to whom belongs the heavens and the earth. God is the Witness of all things. 9 Indeed those who troubled the Muslim men and Muslim women, and then did not repent – for them is the punishment of hell, and for them is the punishment of fire. 10 (But) for those who believe and do good works, for them there are Gardens underneath which rivers flow that is the Great Victory! 11 Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord. 12 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth, 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 a sovereign doer of whatever He wills. 16 Has the story of the armies reached you, 17 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 In fact the disbelievers are in denial. 19 And Allah encompasses them on every side. 20 Nay; but this is a glorious Qur'an, 21 On a guarded tablet. 22