The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And (have We not) created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We made above you seven strong ones, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30