The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and gardens dense with follage. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30