The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By heaven of the constellations, 1 By the promised Day (of Judgment); 2 By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;- 3 slain were the Men of the Pit, 4 the makers of the fuel-stoked fire! 5 When they were sitting near it 6 And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers. 7 They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! 8 to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything. 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 (But) for those who believe and do good works, for them there are Gardens underneath which rivers flow that is the Great Victory! 11 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern. 12 Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats. 13 and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving 14 Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious, 15 Effecter of what He intends. 16 Hast thou received the story of the hosts, 17 Of Firon and Samood? 18 Yet the unbelievers still belie, 19 God encompasses them from all sides. 20 Nay! This is a Glorious Quran, 21 upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed]. 22