The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 Nay, but they will come to know! 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 We have kept account of everything in a book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30