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This surah invokes the firmament and stellar mansions as witnesses to divine power, contrasting the fate of the arrogant with the ultimate triumph of the righteous through cosmic testimony.
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King James Version (1611)
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By the sky containing great stars 2And [by] the promised Day 3And [by] the witness and what is witnessed 4Cursed were the companions of the trench 5[Containing] the fire full of fuel 6When they were sitting near it 7And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses 8And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy 9To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness 10Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire 11Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment 12Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe 13Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats 14And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate 15Honorable Owner of the Throne 16Effecter of what He intends 17Has there reached you the story of the soldiers 18[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud 19But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial 20While Allah encompasses them from behind 21But this is an honored Qur'anThe Sealed Book of H… 22[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate
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1وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ 2وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ 3وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ 4قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ 5ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ 6إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ 7وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ 8وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ 9ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ 10إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ 11إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ 12إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ 13إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ 14وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ 15ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ 16فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ 17هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ 18فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ 19بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ 20وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ 21بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ 22فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ
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