The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 (What they think is certainly despicable!). They will soon come to know (the reality). 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 and made the night a covering, 10 and made the day for earning a livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 that We may bring forth with it grain, plants 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings, 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 , A fitting reward. 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30