The News (Al-Naba')
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Yes, indeed, before long they will learn all about it. 5 Have We not spread the earth like a bed, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 And made the day for livelihood 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain 14 so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs, 15 and thick gardens grow? 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 It is a Day whereon the trumpet will be blown, and ye will come in multitudes. 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage. 20 Verily the Hell is an ambuscade: 21 a return for the insolent, 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 They will not taste therein cool or any drink. 24 only burning despair and ice-cold darkness: 25 a fitting requital, 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 Therefore taste it now – We shall not increase anything for you except the punishment. 30