The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, 1 and by the promised Day, 2 And [by] the witness and what is witnessed, 3 Cursed were the companions of the trench 4 Of fire fuel-fed, 5 As they sat around it 6 And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the Muslims! 7 The only reason for which they tormented the believers was the latter's belief in God, the Majestic, and Praiseworthy. 8 to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything. 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 [But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great! 11 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern. 12 Verily He! He it is who beginneth and repeateth it. 13 And He is the Forgiving, and the Loving. 14 Lord of the Throne of Glory, 15 Performer of what He desires. 16 Have you not heard about the stories of the armies 17 Of Firon and Samood? 18 Yet those who deny the truth persist in denial. 19 While Allah encompasses them from behind. 20 Nay; but this is a glorious Qur'an, 21 (Preserved) on the guarded tablet. 22