The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 About which they are in disagreement. 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And We made a shining lamp, 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 growth. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 They will remain in it for ages. 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30