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 And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne. 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 Of fire fuel-fed, 5 When they sat by it 6 And to that which they did to the believers were witnesses. 7 And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, 8 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness. 9 Those who persecute the believing men and believing women, and then do not repent, will surely suffer the punishment of Hell, and the torment of burning. 10 Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph. 11 Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment. 12 It is He who originates and repeats. 13 And He is the Forgiving, and the Loving. 14 Owner of the throne, the Glorious 15 The Doer of whatever He wants. 16 Has the story reached thee, of the forces- 17 Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamud? 18 Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth. 19 But God surrounds them from all sides. 20 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, 21 in a guarded tablet. 22