The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs; 1 And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); 2 by the Witness and the witnessed, 3 Cursed were the companions of the trench 4 the fire abounding in fuel, 5 As they sat around it 6 witnessing what they were doing. 7 And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!- 8 [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything! 9 Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the chastisement of burning. 10 Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph. 11 The grip of your Lord is indeed severe, 12 He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again, 13 and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving 14 – the Lord of the Glorious Throne, 15 He does what He intends (or wills). 16 Has the story of the armies reached you, 17 Of the Fir'awn and the Thamud? 18 Nay, but the unbelievers still cry lies, 19 However, God encompassed their activities. 20 But this is an honored Qur'an 21 In the Preserved Tablet. 22