The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And dense gardens. 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30