The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 About which they are in disagreement. 3 No! They are going 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 stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 and the night as a cover, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 And the mountains will have been removed away, and they will have become as mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 Living therein for ages. 23 Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30