The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heaven, holding the big stars. 1 By the Promised Day! 2 And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne. 3 THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit 4 by a burning fire 5 when they were seated around it 6 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 7 whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due, 8 Whose kingdom spreads over the heavens and the earth. God is witness over everything. 9 Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance, (to Allah), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning 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 The grip of your Lord is indeed severe, 12 Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes. 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 Who does as He pleases. 16 Has the story of the hordes 17 Of the Fir'awn and the Thamud? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 However, God encompassed their activities. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed]. 22