The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs; 1 By the promised Day (of Judgment); 2 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 the fire with its fuel, 5 When they sat by it, 6 Witnessing what they had done to the believers! 7 whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, 8 Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything. 9 Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire. 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 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces, 13 And He is the Fogiving, the Loving, 14 Honorable Owner of the Throne, 15 and the Most Effective in His decision. 16 Have you not heard about the stories of the armies 17 of the Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial 19 But God surrounds them from all sides. 20 It is indeed a glorious Quran, 21 inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet. 22