The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ Of what ask they? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 About which they cannot agree. 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 Again, indeed, they shall know! 5 HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you,] 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.). 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed. 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains move, and vaporize. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 a return for the insolent, 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). 26 Verily they were wont not to look for a reckoning. 27 and persistently rejected Our revelations. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30