The Galaxies (Al-Burooj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sky with its constellations, 1 by the promised day, 2 By the witness and the witnessed! 3 destroyed were the people of the trench, 4 the makers of the fuel-stoked fire! 5 when they were seated around it 6 And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers. 7 They took revenge on them only because they believed in the All-mighty, the Al-laudable, 8 To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over 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 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern. 12 Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes. 13 He is the forgiving and the loving, 14 Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious, 15 Always doing whatever He wills. 16 Has it come to you the story of the hosts 17 the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud? 18 Nay, but the unbelievers still cry lies, 19 But Allah doth encompass them from behind! 20 Nay; but this is a glorious Qur'an, 21 On a guarded tablet. 22