The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Quran, which Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) brought and the Day of Resurrection, etc.), 2 About which they have been differing? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 and the night as a cover, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And dense gardens. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30