The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes; 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 Requital corresponding. 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30