The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Concerning what are they disputing? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes; 18 And the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates. 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Surely the Hell is an ambush, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30