The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes; 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 a return for the insolent, 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30