The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30