The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 About the great tidings! 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30