The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac, 1 by the promised day, 2 And the witness and the witnessed, 3 Cursed were the companions of the trench 4 of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! 5 When they sat by it, 6 witnessing what they were doing. 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 the believing men and women without repenting will suffer the torment of hell and that of the burning fire. 10 Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success. 11 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern. 12 Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes. 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 Master of the Honourable Throne. 15 The great doer of what He will. 16 Has the story of the hordes 17 of Pharaoh and of Thamood? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 And Allah is after them, has them surrounded. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate. 22