The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 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 We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30