Surah “The Mansions of the Stars, The Constellations”

as rendered by Edward Henry Palmer — 22 verses

By the heaven with its zodiacal signs
And the promised day
And the witness and the witnessed
The fellows of the pit were slain
And the fire with its kindling
When they sat over i
And witnessed the while what they were doing with those who believed
And they took not vengeance on them save for their belief in God, The mighty, the praiseworthy
Whose is the kingdoms of the heavens and the earth; For God is witness over all
Verily, those who make trial of the believers, men and women, and then do not repent, for them is the torment of hell, and for them is the torment of the burning
Verily, those who believe and act aright, for them are gardens beneath which rivers flow,- that is the great bliss
Verily, the violence of thy Lord is keen
Verily, He produces and returns
and He is the forgiving, the loving
the Lord of the glorious throne
the doer of what He will
Has there come to thee the story of the host
of Pharaoh and Thamud
Nay, those who misbelieve do say it is a lie
but God is behind them - encompassing
Nay, it is a glorious Kora
in a preserved tablet