The Constellations · Surah 85

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars

And by the Promised Day

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

Of the fuel-fed fire

When they sat by it

And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers

They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness

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

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving

Lord of the Throne of Glory

Doer of what He will

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an

On a guarded tablet