The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/85. The Stars

85. The Stars (Al-Buruj)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

By the heaven full of stars! 

And the Promised day! 

And the bearer of witness and that to which witness is borne! 

Destruction overtake the companions of the trench! 

The fire fed with fuel -- 

When they sit by it, 

And they are witnesses of what they do with the believers. 

And they punished them for naught but that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised, 

<section begin="85:9"/>Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Witness of all things. <section end="85:9"/>

<section begin="85:10"/>Those who persecute believing men and believing women, then repent not, theirs is the chastisement of hell, and theirs the chastisement of burning. <section end="85:10"/>

<section begin="85:11"/>Those who believe and do good, theirs are Gardens wherein flow rivers. That is the great achievement. <section end="85:11"/>

<section begin="85:12"/>Surely the grip of thy Lord is severe. <section end="85:12"/>

<section begin="85:13"/>Surely He it is Who creates first and reproduces; <section end="85:13"/>

<section begin="85:14"/>And He is the Forgiving, the Loving, <section end="85:14"/>

<section begin="85:15"/>Lord of the Throne of Power, the Glorious, <section end="85:15"/>

<section begin="85:16"/>Doer of what He intends. <section end="85:16"/>

<section begin="85:17"/>Has not there come to thee the story of the hosts, <section end="85:17"/>

<section begin="85:18"/>Of Pharaoh and Thamud? <section end="85:18"/>

<section begin="85:19"/>Nay, those who disbelieve give the lie -- <section end="85:19"/>

<section begin="85:20"/>And Allah encompasses them on all sides. <section end="85:20"/>

<section begin="85:21"/>Nay, it is a glorious Qur'an, <section end="85:21"/>

<section begin="85:22"/>In a guarded tablet. <section end="85:22"/>