The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 and made the day to seek livelihood, 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 The rebels' abode, 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30