The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the sky containing great stars 1 By the Promised Day! 2 And the witness and the witnessed, 3 may the people be condemned those who tortured (the believers) in ditches 4 by a burning fire 5 When they sat by it (fire), 6 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 7 whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, 8 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness. 9 Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the chastisement of burning. 10 Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph. 11 Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment. 12 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth, 13 and He is the Forgiving and Loving One. 14 – the Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 He does what He intends (or wills). 16 Has the story reached thee, of the forces- 17 of the Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 But Allah doth encompass them from behind! 20 But this is an honored Qur'an 21 upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed]. 22