In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1. By the heavens with constellations,
2. by the promised day,
3. and by the witness (Muhammad) and that which is witnessed (the Day of Judgment),
4. may the people be condemned those who tortured (the believers) in ditches
5. by a burning fire
6. while they themselves sat around it
7. witnessing what they were doing
8. The only reason for which they tormented the believers was the latter's belief in God, the Majestic, and Praiseworthy
9. and the One to whom belongs the heavens and the earth. God is the Witness of all things
10. Those who persecute the believing men and women without repenting will suffer the torment of hell and that of the burning fire
11. As for the righteously striving believers, they will live in Paradise wherein streams flow. This is the greatest triumph
12. The vengeance of God is terribly severe
13. It is He who creates all things and causes them to return
14. He is the All-forgiving, the Most Loving One,
15. the Owner of the Throne, the Glorious One,
16. and the Most Effective in His decision
17. Have you not heard about the stories of the armies
18. of the Pharaoh and Thamud?
19. In fact, the disbelievers had always rejected (Our revelations)
20. However, God encompassed their activities
21. What is revealed to you is certainly a glorious Quran
22. that exists in a well-guarded tablet