The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 and We appointed night for a garment, 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 An appropriate recompense. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30