The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 About the great tidings! 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 Requital corresponding. 26 Indeed, they were not expecting an account 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30