The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 made the night as a covering, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely, the Day of Judgement has an appointed time. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 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 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 And they belied Our revelations with strong belying. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30