The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 About which they differ? 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 and the night as a cover, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30