Surah “The Mansions of the Stars, The Constellations”

as rendered by Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim — 22 verses

By the heaven that has been furnished with Zodiacal Signs
And by the day of which promise has been made; a promise affording a ground of expectation of judgment to come
And by the witness who will give evidence in relation to matters of fact when an account of one’s life is being rendered at judgement, and by the deeds which had been witnessed and will be the witness of one’s worth
Accursed above all and devoted to perdition shall be those who cut the trench to trench on the liberty of the innocent and enjoyed witnessing their torture, their torment and their agony
Fire was set in the. trench and supplied with fuel to burn those who surrendered themselves to what is dutiful to Allah
The accursed sat around the fire and regaled themselves
They witnessed and enjoyed what they were doing to those who recognized Allah with hearts impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues
They took a cruel, vengeance on them for no reason other than their recognition of Allah AL-Aziz (the Almighty) and AL-Hamid (the Worthy of all praise;
Allah to whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; the AL- Shaheed (the Omnipresent who witnesses all things.
Those who persecuted the believers among the men and the women and did not repent, shall have the painful requital in Hell and shall suffer the blazes
But those whose hearts reflect the image of religious and spiritual virtues and their deeds wisdom and piety shall have gardens of surpassing beauty beneath which rivers flow; and such rapturous delight and elation shall triumph those favoured
The blow of Allah your Creator, is hard and strong
It is He Who creates and re-creates all along
He is the Forgiving Who compassionates whom He sees in distress
He is Allah Who occupies the Glorious Throne
Who carries into effect what He will
Did you not hear O Muhammad of the narrative of what had become of the hosts
The forces of Pharaoh and the Tribe of Thamud
Yet the infidels persist in labeling everything as falsehood
Allah hangs on their rear and besets them on all sides
Never you people doubt, for this indeed is a glorious Quran
Derived from the archetypal text which is preserved in heaven's realm