The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By oath of the heaven which contains the constellations. 1 By the promised Day (of Judgment); 2 and [of] Him who witnesses [all,] and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]! 3 the people of the pit were destroyed 4 Of the fuel-fed fire, 5 They sat by it 6 and were witnessing what they did to the believers. 7 The only reason for which they tormented the believers was the latter's belief in God, the Majestic, and Praiseworthy. 8 Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things. 9 Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning. 10 Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success. 11 The grip of your Lord is severe indeed! 12 Verily He! He it is who beginneth and repeateth it. 13 and He is the Forgiving and Loving One. 14 the Owner of the Throne, the Glorious One, 15 Always doing whatever He wills. 16 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts 17 of the Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Yet the infidels persist in denial. 19 Allah encompasses them all from behind. 20 Nay! it is a glorious Quran, 21 Inscribed in a tablet preserved. 22