The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the Great News 2 About which they are in disagreement. 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 (the sun) as a shining torch 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates. 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30