The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the great tidings! 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30