The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens thick with trees. 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 becometh as gates, 19 And the mountains will have been removed away, and they will have become as mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 The rebels' abode, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30