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. |