The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And it is We who 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 We built above you seven strong ones, 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time - 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30