The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac, 1 by the promised day, 2 by the Witness and the witnessed, 3 destroyed were the people of the trench, 4 Full of fire fed by faggots, 5 while they themselves sat around it 6 fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers, 7 They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! 8 to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything. 9 Those who persecute the believing men and women without repenting will suffer the torment of hell and that of the burning fire. 10 But those who believe and do good deeds shall be rewarded with gardens watered by flowing rivers. That is the supreme triumph. 11 Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible. 12 It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life). 13 And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism), 14 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious, 15 He does what He intends (or wills). 16 Did the story of the armies reach you? 17 of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 While Allah encompasses them from behind. 20 But this is an honored Qur'an 21 in a Guarded Tablet. 22