The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heavens with constellations, 1 And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); 2 And the witness and the witnessed, 3 Cursed be the makers of the pit, 4 the fire abounding in fuel, 5 They sat by it 6 And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers. 7 whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, 8 [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything! 9 Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire. 10 Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment. 11 Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe. 12 Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew. 13 and He is the Forgiving and Loving One. 14 Honorable Owner of the Throne, 15 Performer of what He desires. 16 Have you not heard about the stories of the armies 17 Of Pharaoh and Thamud come to you? 18 But those who disbelieve are engaged in denial. 19 While Allah encompasses them from behind. 20 Nay, but it is a glorious Koran, 21 that exists in a well-guarded tablet. 22