The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the great tidings! 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. 30