The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the great event, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 No! They are going to know. 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 there, they shall live for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30