The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Concerning what are they disputing? 1 About the Great News 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 And have appointed the night as a cloak, 10 and made the day to seek livelihood, 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30