The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 About the great news - 2 that they are in utter disagreement? 3 No! They are going to know. 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And We have made your sleep as a rest. 9 and made the night a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 And dense gardens. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Indeed hell is lying in ambush. 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 as a fitting recompense for their deeds. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 And We have recorded everything in a book, 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30