The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 The night a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus, 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. 30