Al-Burooj
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven, holding mansions of
the stars, (1)
And by the Promised Day. (2)
And by the witness and that
whereunto he beareth testimony, (3)
(Self-)destroyed were the owners
of the ditch (4)
Of the fuel-fed fire, (5)
When they sat by it, (6)
And were themselves the witnesses
of what they did to the believers. (7)
They had naught against them save
that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner
of Praise, (8)
Him unto Whom belongeth the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah
is of all things the Witness. (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)
Lo! those who believe and do good
works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which
rivers flow. That is the Great Success. (11)
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is
stern. (12)
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then
reproduceth, (13)
And He is the Forgiving, the
Loving, (14)
Lord of the Throne of Glory, (15)
Doer of what He will. (16)
Hath there come unto thee the
story of the hosts (17)
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of)
Thamud? (18)
Nay, but those who disbelieve
live in denial (19)
And Allah, all unseen,
surroundeth them. (20)
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
(21)
On a guarded tablet. (22)