The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the great news - 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30