85. al-Buruj: the Constellations
1 By the heaven, holding mansions
of the stars,
2 And by the Promised Day.
3 And by the witness and that
whereunto he beareth testimony,
4 (Self-)destroyed were the
owners of the ditch
5 Of the fuel-fed fire,
6 When they sat by it,
7 And were themselves the witnesses
of what they did to the believers.
8 They had naught against them
save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
9 Him unto Whom belongeth the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
10 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.
11 Lo! those who believe and
do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the
Great Success.
12 Lo! the punishment of thy
Lord is stern.
13 Lo! He it is Who produceth,
then reproduceth,
14 And He is the Forgiving,
the Loving,
15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,
16 Doer of what He will.
17 Hath there come unto thee
the story of the hosts
18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe
of) Thamud ?
19 Nay, but those who disbelieve
live in denial
20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth
them.
21 Nay, but it is a glorious
Qur'an.
22 On a guarded tablet.
