The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 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 clothing 10 and We appointed day for a livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And dense gardens. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Indeed, Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 a fitting requital, 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. 30