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1.  *     By heaven of the constellations,
 
2.  *     by the promised day,
 
3.  *     by the witness and the witnessed,
 
4.  *     slain were the Men of the Pit,
 
5.  *     the fire abounding in fuel,
 
6.  *     when they were seated over it
 
7.  *     and were themselves witnesses of what they did with the believers.
 
8.  *     They took revenge on them only because they believed in the All-mighty, the Al-laudable,
 
9.  *     God to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is Witness over everything.
 
10.  *     Those who persecute the believers, men and women, and then have not repented, there awaits them the chastisement of Gehenna, and there awaits them the chastisement of the burning.
 
11.  *     Those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for them await gardens underneath which rivers flow; that is the great triumph.
 
12.  *     Surely thy Lord's assault is terrible.
 
13.  *     Surely it is He who originates, and brings again,
 
14.  *     and He is the All-forgiving, the All-loving,
 
15.  *     Lord of the Throne, the All-glorious,
 
16.  *     Performer of what He desires.
 
17.  *     Hast thou received the story of the hosts,
 
18.  *     Pharaoh and Thamood?
 
19.  *     Nay, but the unbelievers still cry lies,
 
20.  *     and God is behind them, encompassing.
 
21.  *     Nay, but it is a glorious Koran,
 
22.  *     in a guarded tablet.