The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 and made the night a covering, 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 , A fitting reward. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. 30