The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And dense gardens. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30