The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Surely, the Day of Judgement has an appointed time. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30