The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Of what ask they? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 About which they differ? 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 there, they shall live for ages, 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 Requital corresponding. 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30