The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Surely, the Day of Judgement has an appointed time. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 , A fitting reward. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 And We have kept recorded everything in a Book, accounted for. 29 So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. 30