The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 About the great news - 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 and gardens dense with foliage? 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 And We have kept recorded everything in a Book, accounted for. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30