The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes. 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 a fitting requital, 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30