The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 and made the day to seek livelihood, 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes. 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 The rebels' abode, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30