The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 and have sent down out of the rainclouds water cascading 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the mountains will be moved – they will therefore become like mirages. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30