The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold, 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 [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