The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 And We have created you in pairs; 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 We have built above you seven mighty heavens, 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts, 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 Living therein for ages. 23 They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink 24 Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. 25 a fitting requital, 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment. 30