The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of the heaven which contains the constellations. 1 and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day, 2 And by the Day witnessing and the Day witnessed, 3 Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King). 4 Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel, 5 As they sat around it 6 Witnessing what they had done to the believers! 7 And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy, 8 and the One to whom belongs the heavens and the earth. God is the Witness of all things. 9 Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire. 10 For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires), 11 Surely the might of your Lord is great. 12 It is verily He who initiates and repeats. 13 and He is the Forgiving and Loving One. 14 Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious, 15 Always doing whatever He wills. 16 Has the story reached thee, of the forces- 17 Pharaoh and Thamood? 18 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial, 19 although Allah surrounds them. 20 Aye! it is a Recitation glorious, 21 On a guarded tablet. 22