The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the heaven of the constellations! 1 and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day, 2 by the witness and the witnessed, 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel, 5 When they sat by it, 6 Witnessing what they had done to the believers! 7 Against these they had no grudge except that they believed in Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Praiseworthy, 8 to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over all things. 9 Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them! 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 Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord. 12 It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life). 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 a sovereign doer of whatever He wills. 16 Did the story of the armies reach you? 17 of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 However, God encompassed their activities. 20 Nay! This is a Glorious Quran, 21 in a guarded tablet. 22