The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 About the great tidings! 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We made above you seven strong ones, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 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 the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30