The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 About which they have been differing? 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 and We appointed night for a garment, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And dense gardens. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30