The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the great event, 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 The night a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, 15 And dense gardens. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30