The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the great news - 2 whereupon they are at variance? 3 But they will soon come to know. 4 Again, no indeed; they shall soon know! 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And We built above you seven strong ones, 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 a fitting requital, 26 For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning, 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement. 30