The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 And have appointed the night as a cloak, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And dense 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 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30