The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 The night a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 And gardens of entwined growth. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 a return for the insolent, 22 for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 , A fitting reward. 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30