The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 there, they shall live for ages, 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 Requital corresponding. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30