The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sky containing great stars 1 And the promised day, 2 and by the witness and what is witnessed: 3 Cursed be the makers of the pit, 4 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel, 5 Behold! they sat over against the (fire), 6 and were witnessing what they did to the believers. 7 They took revenge on them only because they believed in the All-mighty, the Al-laudable, 8 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness. 9 Those who persecuted the believing men and women and never repented, there is for them the punishment of Gehenna (Hell), and for them the punishment of the burning. 10 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success. 11 Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment. 12 It is verily He who initiates and repeats. 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 Lord of the Throne of Glory, 15 and the Most Effective in His decision. 16 Has the story of the hordes 17 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud? 18 The unbelievers are indeed engaged in denying it, calling it a lie, 19 although Allah surrounds them. 20 Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an. 21 (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved! 22