The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Nay, again, they will come to know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And have appointed the night as a cloak, 10 And the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And built seven strong roofs above you. 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 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 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 They will abide therein for ages. 23 Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 They called Our revelations false with strong denial. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30