The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30