Surah “The Mansions of the Stars, The Constellations”

as rendered by Faridul Haque — 22 verses

By oath of the heaven which contains the constellations
And by oath of the Promised Day
And by oath of the day that is a witness and by oath of a day in which the people present themselves
Accursed be the People of the Ditch
The people of the fuelled blazing fire
When they were sitting at its edge
And they themselves are witnesses to what they were doing to the Muslims
And what did they dislike from the Muslims, except that the Muslims accepted faith in Allah the Most Honourable, the Most Praiseworthy
To Him only belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness over all things
Indeed those who troubled the Muslim men and Muslim women, and then did not repent – for them is the punishment of hell, and for them is the punishment of fire
Indeed those who believed and did good deeds – for them are Gardens beneath which rivers flow; this is the great success
Indeed the seizure of your Lord is very severe
Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes
And He only is the Oft Forgiving, the Beloved of His bondmen
Master of the Honourable Throne
Always doing whatever He wills
Did the story of the armies reach you
(The armies of) Firaun and the tribe of Thamud
In fact the disbelievers are in denial
And Allah is after them, has them surrounded
In fact it (what they deny) is the Noble Qur’an
In the Preserved Tablet