The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another? 1 About the Great News 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 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 to seek livelihood, 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30