The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes; 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 Living therein for ages. 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30