The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the heaven adorned with big stars. 1 by the Promised Day, 2 by the witness and the witnessed, 3 That accursed are the men of the trench 4 the fire with its fuel, 5 When they sat by it, 6 and they were witnesses of what they did to the believers 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 and the One to whom belongs the heavens and the earth. God is the Witness of all things. 9 Those who persecuted the believing men and women and never repented, there is for them the punishment of Gehenna (Hell), and for them the punishment of the burning. 10 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success. 11 Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible. 12 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces, 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 a sovereign doer of whatever He wills. 16 Have you not heard the story of the hosts 17 of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 However, God encompassed their activities. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 in a Guarded Tablet. 22