The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By heaven of the constellations, 1 by the promised day, 2 By the witness and the witnessed! 3 Accursed be the People of the Ditch! 4 Full of fire fed by faggots, 5 They sat by it 6 and were themselves witnesses of what they did with the believers. 7 They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise, 8 Him, Whose is the dominion of heavens and the earth. And Allah is over everything a Witness. 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 Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success. 11 Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your Lord is severe. 12 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces, 13 and He is the All-forgiving, the All-loving, 14 Lord of the Throne of Glory, 15 The Doer of whatever He wants. 16 Has not there come to you the story of the hosts, 17 Of Pharaoh and the Thamud? 18 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial 19 Allah encompasses them all from behind. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 On a guarded tablet. 22