The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 and fixed the mountains like pegs, 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong ones, 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30