The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs; 1 And by the Promised Day. 2 by the witness and the witnessed, 3 Perish the fellows of the ditch, 4 Full of fire fed by faggots, 5 while they sat around it, 6 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. 7 And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy 8 to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is the Witness of all things. 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) for those who believe and do good works, for them there are Gardens underneath which rivers flow that is the Great Victory! 11 The grip of your Lord is indeed severe, 12 Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes. 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 the Owner of the Throne, the Glorious One, 15 Who does as He pleases. 16 Has the story reached you of the hosts, 17 the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)! 19 Allah encompasses them all from behind. 20 But this is an honored Qur'an 21 upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed]. 22