The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 and the night as a cover, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will remain in it for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30