The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 The rebels' abode, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30