Al-Burûj

(1)By the heaven, holding the big stars[] .

(2)And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection);

(3)And by the witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafât (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hîjjah];

(4)Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King).[]

(5)Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel,

(6)When they sat by it (fire),

(7)And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).

(8)They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allâh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!

(9)Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allâh is Witness over everything.

(10)Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance, (to Allâh), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.

(11)Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.

(12)Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your Lord is severe.

(13)Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).

(14)And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islâmic Monotheism),

(15)Owner of the throne, the Glorious

(16)He does what He intends (or wills).

(17)Has the story reached you of the hosts,

(18)Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamûd?

(19)Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and his Message of Islâmic Monotheism).

(20)And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).

(21)Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'ân,

(22)(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved Tablet)!

Al-Inshiqâq

(1)When the heaven is split asunder,

(2)And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;

(3)And when the earth is stretched forth,

(4)And has cast out all that was in it and became empty,

(5)And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;

(6)O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, so you will meet (i.e. the results of your deeds which you did).

(7)Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

(8)He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

(9)And will return to his family in joy!

(10)But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

(11)He will invoke (his) destruction,

(12)And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning.

(13)Verily, he was among his people in joy!

(14)Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

(15)Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

(16)So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

(17)And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;

(18)And by the moon when it is at the full,

(19)You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

(20)What is the matter with them, that they believe not?

(21)And when the Qur'ân is recited to them, they fall not prostrate,

(22)Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'ân and Islâmic Monotheism, etc.).[]

(23)And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

(24)So announce to them a painful torment.

(25)Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).