The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heavens with constellations, 1 And the promised day, 2 And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne. 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! 5 As they sat around it 6 And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them). 7 And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, 8 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness. 9 Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire. 10 But those who believe and do good deeds shall be rewarded with gardens watered by flowing rivers. That is the supreme triumph. 11 Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible. 12 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth, 13 and He is the All-forgiving, the All-loving, 14 Lord of the Throne, the Glorious, 15 Always doing whatever He wills. 16 Has it come to you the story of the hosts 17 Of Firon and Samood? 18 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial, 19 God encompasses them from all sides. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 On a guarded tablet. 22