The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes; 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 , A fitting reward. 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30