The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 (It is) of the awful tidings, 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs. 8 And made your sleep for rest, 9 and made the night a covering, 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 And We made a shining lamp, 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 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 it will become as gates, 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 therein they shall abide for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any 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 did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30