The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the heaven, holding the big stars. 1 By the promised Day (of Judgment); 2 By the witness and the witnessed! 3 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch 4 [Containing] the fire full of fuel, 5 When they sat by it 6 Witnessing what they had done to the believers! 7 and their revenge on them was only because they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the Praised, 8 Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things. 9 Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning. 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 severe indeed! 12 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces, 13 He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One, 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 Doer of what He will. 16 Has the story reached you of the hosts, 17 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 In fact, the disbelievers had always rejected (Our revelations). 19 And Allah is after them, has them surrounded. 20 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, 21 (Preserved) on the guarded tablet. 22