The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Quran, which Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) brought and the Day of Resurrection, etc.), 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And We 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 [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 It will be a place of return 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 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