The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 The night a covering, 10 And We have made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 Requital corresponding. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30