The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 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 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Indeed, Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30