The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 About the great news - 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 No! They are going to know. 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 and where they will taste neither coolness nor any drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 Requital corresponding. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. 30