The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And have made your sleep as a thing for rest. 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day that the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 It will be a place of return 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30