The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 , A fitting reward. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30