The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ Of what ask they? 1 About the great tidings! 2 Concerning which they are in disagreement. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 made the night as a covering, 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 In order to produce grain and plants with it. 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 [On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30