The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 made the night as a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 there, they shall live for ages, 23 Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 a fitting requital, 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30