The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sky containing great stars 1 and by the promised Day, 2 by the Witness and the witnessed, 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]! 5 When they sat by it, 6 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 7 And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!- 8 God to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is Witness over everything. 9 Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them! 10 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success. 11 Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your Lord is severe. 12 He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again, 13 And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islamic Monotheism), 14 – the Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 Effecter of what He intends. 16 Has there reached you the story of the soldiers - 17 of Pharaoh and of Thamood? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 Allah encompasses them all from behind. 20 Nay! This is a Glorious Quran, 21 in a guarded tablet. 22