— 22 verses
By the sky with its constellations
and by the promised Day
by the Witness and the witnessed
destroyed were the people of the trench
the makers of the fuel-stoked fire
They sat by i
to watch what they were doing to the believers
whom they hated for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy
to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God is witness over all things
Those who persecute the believing men and believing women, and then do not repent, will surely suffer the punishment of Hell, and the torment of burning
But those who believe and do good deeds shall be rewarded with gardens watered by flowing rivers. That is the supreme triumph
The grip of your Lord is indeed sever
it is He who begins and repeats [His creation]
and He is the Forgiving and Loving One
The Lord of the Glorious Throne
Executor of His own will
Have you not heard the story of the host
of Pharaoh and Thamud
Yet those who deny the truth persist in denial
God encompasses them from all sides
It is indeed a glorious Quran
written on a preserved Tablet