The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven of the constellations! 1 And the promised day, 2 by the Witness and the witnessed, 3 That accursed are the men of the trench 4 the fire abounding in fuel, 5 They sat by it 6 and were witnessing what they did to the believers. 7 And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, 8 To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things. 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 (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement. 11 Surely the might of your Lord is great. 12 Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection). 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious, 15 a sovereign doer of whatever He wills. 16 Did the story of the armies reach you? 17 of the Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 And Allah encompasses them on every side. 20 Nay! it is a glorious Quran, 21 On a guarded tablet. 22