The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And (have We not) created you in pairs, 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30