The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 About the awesome tidings [of resurrection] 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 and made the night a covering, 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation. 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and when the sky shall be opened up and will become all doors; 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 Living therein for ages. 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell. 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30