The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ What are they questioning each other about? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 Concerning which they differ. 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse, 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We have created you in pairs, 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs, 15 And gardens of luxurious growth? 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and pus 25 , A fitting reward. 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth). 28 but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did]. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30