The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 About which they are in disagreement. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes. 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 for they never expected to be called to account, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30