The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 About which they are in disagreement. 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 Requital corresponding. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30