The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes; 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30