The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 About which they differ? 3 No! They are going to know. 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 made the night as a covering, 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and gardens dense with foliage? 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 It will be a place of return 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30