The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 and We appointed day for a livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 And the mountains will have been removed away, and they will have become as mirage. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30