The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time - 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30