The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the heaven adorned with big stars. 1 And by the Day promised, 2 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- 3 Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King). 4 Of the fuel-fed fire, 5 Behold! they sat over against the (fire), 6 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. 7 And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, 8 [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything! 9 Those who persecute the believers, men and women, and then have not repented, there awaits them the chastisement of Gehenna, and there awaits them the chastisement of the burning. 10 As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph. 11 Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment. 12 It is He who creates all things and causes them to return. 13 And He is the Fogiving, the Loving, 14 The Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 Performer of what He desires. 16 Hast thou received the story of the hosts, 17 of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 However, God encompassed their activities. 20 It is indeed a glorious Quran, 21 (Preserved) on the guarded tablet. 22