By the sky with its towering constellations,

by the promised Day,

by the Witness and that which is witnessed,

damned were the makers of the trench,

the makers of the fuel-stoked fire!

They sat down

to watch what they were doing to the believers.

Their only grievance against them was their faith in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy,

to whom all control over the heavens and earth belongs: God is witness over all things.

For those who persecute believing men and women, and do not repent afterwards, there will be the torment of Hell and burning.

But for those who believe and do good deeds there will be Gardens graced with flowing streams: that is the great triumph.

[Prophet], your Lord’s punishment is truly stern––

it is He who brings people to life, and will restore them to life again––

and He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving.

The Glorious Lord of the Throne,

He does whatever He will.

Have you [not] heard the stories of the forces

of Pharaoh and Thamud?

Yet still the disbelievers persist in denial.

God surrounds them all.

This is truly a glorious Quran

[written] on a preserved Tablet.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

وَشَاهِدࣲ وَمَشْهُودࣲ

قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودࣱ

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودࣱ

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءࣲ شَهِيدٌ

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتࣱ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

فَعَّالࣱ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِي تَكْذِيبࣲ

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانࣱ مَّجِيدࣱ

فِي لَوْحࣲ مَّحْفُوظِۭ