The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Of what ask they? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 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 We created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 The night a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30