The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the heaven with its impregnable castles; 1 And the promised day, 2 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- 3 slain were the Men of the Pit, 4 Of the fuel-fed fire, 5 When they sat by it, 6 And to that which they did to the believers were witnesses. 7 And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy 8 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness. 9 Those who persecute the believers, men and women, and then have not repented, there awaits them the chastisement of Gehenna, and there awaits them the chastisement of the burning. 10 Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success. 11 The grip of your Lord is severe indeed! 12 it is He who begins and repeats [His creation], 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 the Owner of the Throne, the Glorious One, 15 the Executor of what He wills. 16 HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts 17 Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you? 18 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial 19 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate. 22