The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 and We made the night a mantle, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and placed therein a hot, shining lamp, 13 and sent down abundant water from the clouds 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes, 18 And the heaven will have been opened, and it will have become doors. 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 But all things We have enumerated in writing. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30