The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the great event, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30