البروج

1CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations,

2and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day,

3and [of] Him who witnesses [all], and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]!

4THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit

5of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]!

6Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire],

7fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers,

8whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due,

9[and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything!

10Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them!

11[But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great!

12VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong!

13Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew.

14And He alone is truly-forgiving, all-embracing in His love,

15in sublime almightiness enthroned,

16a sovereign doer of whatever He wills.

17HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts

18of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud?

19And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie:

20but all the while God encompasses them [with His knowledge and might] without their being aware of it.

21Nay, but this [divine writ which they reject] is a discourse sublime,

22upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed].