The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the great event, 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And (have We not) created you in pairs, 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 Living therein for ages. 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30