The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 About the great event, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 Requital corresponding. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30