The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Indeed, Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush, 21 It will be a place of return 22 therein to tarry for ages, 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. 30