The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 The night a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 It will be a place of return 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30