Surah “The Mansions of the Stars, The Constellations”

as rendered by M. M. Pickthall — 22 verses

85:1
By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars
85:2
And by the Promised Day
85:3
And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony
85:4
(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch
85:5
Of the fuel-fed fire
85:6
When they sat by it
85:7
And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers
85:8
They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise
85:9
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness
85:10
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
85:11
Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success
85:12
Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern
85:13
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth
85:14
And He is the Forgiving, the Loving
85:15
Lord of the Throne of Glory
85:16
Doer of what He will
85:17
Hath there come unto thee the story of the host
85:18
Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud
85:19
Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
85:20
And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them
85:21
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an
85:22
On a guarded tablet