The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 A place of resort for the inordinate, 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30