The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 It will be a place of return 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 a fitting requital, 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30