15 Yea, surely his Lord is ever Seer of him.

16 But nay, I call to witness the sunset redness,

17 And the night and that which it drives on,

18 And the moon when it grows full,

19 That you shall certainly ascend to one state after another.

20 But what is the matter with them that they believe not?

21 And, when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they adore (Him) not? [Prostration]

22 Nay, those who disbelieve give the lie —

23 And Allāh knows best what they hide.

24 So announce to them a painful chastisement,

25 Except those who believe and do good — for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.

Chapter 85 Al-Burūj: The Stars

1 By the heaven full of stars!

2 And the Promised day!

3 And the bearer of witness and that to which witness is borne!

4 Destruction overtake the companions of the trench! —

5 The fire fed with fuel —

6 When they sit by it,

7 And they are witnesses of what they do with the believers.

8 And they punished them for naught but that they believed in Allāh, the Mighty, the Praised,

9 Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh is Witness of all things.

10 Those who persecute believing men and believing women, then repent not, theirs is the chastisement of hell, and theirs the chastisement of burning.