The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And (have We not) created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 and We appointed night for a garment, 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30