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