The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 About the great news - 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night as clothing 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And We sent down rain from water-laden clouds pouring in torrents 14 to make the seeds, plants, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will remain in it for ages. 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. 30