The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 About the great tidings! 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 And have appointed your sleep for repose, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates. 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 For the exorbitant a receptacle. 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 except boiling water and pus 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 And they denied Our signs to the extreme. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30