Para : 30 Verses : 22 Ruku : 1 Makki Surah __________________________________________________ 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 'Arafat ( Hajj ) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah]; 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 Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise! 9. Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness over everything. 10. Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), a...