The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sky with its constellations, 1 And by the Day promised, 2 and by the witness and what is witnessed: 3 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch 4 with fire abounding in fuel, 5 while they sat around it, 6 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. 7 They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! 8 Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything. 9 Indeed those who troubled the Muslim men and Muslim women, and then did not repent – for them is the punishment of hell, and for them is the punishment of fire. 10 Verily those who believed and worked righteous works, theirs shall be Gardens whereunder the rivers flow; that is the supreme achievement. 11 Stern indeed is your Lord's punishment. 12 Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces, 13 And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate, 14 in sublime almightiness enthroned, 15 The Doer of whatever He wants. 16 Have you not heard about the stories of the armies 17 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie: 19 But Allah doth encompass them from behind! 20 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, 21 In a guarded tablet. 22