The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 About which they differ? 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 made the night as a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 a return for the insolent, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 Requital corresponding. 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30