The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven of the constellations! 1 by the promised day, 2 And [by] the witness and what is witnessed, 3 destroyed were the people of the trench, 4 the fire abounding in fuel, 5 Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire,] 6 fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers, 7 And what did they dislike from the Muslims, except that the Muslims accepted faith in Allah the Most Honourable, the Most Praiseworthy? 8 Him, Whose is the dominion of heavens and the earth. And Allah is over everything a Witness. 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 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 Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your Lord is severe. 12 Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes. 13 And He is the Fogiving, the Loving, 14 – the Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 The great doer of what He will. 16 Has the story reached thee, of the forces- 17 Of Firon and Samood? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 Allah encompasses them all from behind. 20 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, 21 that exists in a well-guarded tablet. 22