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1 By the sky containing great stars

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

2 And [by] the promised Day

2 And by the Promised Day.

3 And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

4 Cursed were the companions of the trench

4 (Self - )destroyed were the owners of the ditch

5 [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

5 Of the fuel - fed fire,

6 When they were sitting near it

6 When they sat by it,

7 And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

7 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

8 And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

8 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

9 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, over all things, is Witness.

9 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

10 Indeed, 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.

10 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.

11 Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

11 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

12 Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

13 Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

13 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

15 Honorable Owner of the Throne,

15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,

16 Effecter of what He intends.

16 Doer of what He will.

17 Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

18 [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?

19 But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

20 While Allah encompasses them from behind.

20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

21 But this is an honored Qur'an

21 Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

22 [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

22 On a guarded tablet.