The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 , A fitting reward. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30