The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth 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 We made the night a mantle, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Surely, the Day of Judgement has an appointed time. 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 The rebels' abode, 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30