The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. 30