The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30