The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the heaven adorned with big stars. 1 And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); 2 And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne. 3 destroyed were the people of the trench, 4 Of fire fuel-fed, 5 They sat by it 6 And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the Muslims! 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 Kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is the Witness of all things. 9 Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning. 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 The grip of your Lord is severe indeed! 12 Surely it is He who originates, and brings again, 13 And He is the Forgiving, and the Loving. 14 Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious, 15 The great doer of what He will. 16 Has the story of the armies reached you, 17 of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 And Allah is after them, has them surrounded. 20 Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an, 21 written on a preserved Tablet. 22