The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 About which they have been differing? 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 and made the night a covering, 10 and made the day to seek livelihood, 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time: 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush, 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 [And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!" 30