The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the great tidings! 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 Indeed, they shall know! 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 And made the night a cover. 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement. 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 The rebels' abode, 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30