- 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.