The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30