The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ What are they asking each other about? 1 Of the mighty Announcement, 2 About which they differ? 3 No indeed; they shall soon know! 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth a resting place? 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 made the night as a covering, 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 We raised over you several secure (skies), 12 and We have set therein a glowing lamp. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 tasting neither coolness nor any drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 and they rejected outright Our signs; 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment." 30