The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Indeed, Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 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