Surah “The Mansions of the Stars, The Constellations”

as rendered by Maududi — 22 verses

85:1
By the heaven with its impregnable castles
85:2
by the Promised Day
85:3
and by the witness and what is witnessed
85:4
the people of the pit were destroye
85:5
with fire abounding in fuel
85:6
while they sat around it
85:7
and were witnessing what they did to the believers
85:8
Against these they had no grudge except that they believed in Allah, the Most Mighty, the Most Praiseworthy
85:9
to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Allah witnesses everything
85:10
Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the chastisement of Hell, and theirs shall be the chastisement of burning
85:11
As for those who believed and acted righteously, theirs shall be Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph
85:12
Stern indeed is your Lord´s punishment
85:13
He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again
85:14
and He is the Ever Forgiving, the Most Loving
85:15
– the Lord of the Glorious Throne
85:16
the Executor of what He wills
85:17
Has the story of the armies reached you
85:18
the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud
85:19
The unbelievers are indeed engaged in denying it, calling it a lie
85:20
although Allah surrounds them
85:21
Nay; but this is a glorious Qur´an
85:22
inscribed on a well-guarded Tablet