The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And have appointed the night as a cloak, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 [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