The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 a fitting requital, 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30