The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Of what do they question one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 and raised the mountains like supporting poles? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you), 9 The night a covering, 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 and built above you seven strong firmaments, 12 And placed a lamp therein brightly burning. 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 so that We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants, 15 And gardens thick with trees. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 and the heaven shall be opened, and become gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Certainly Hell lies in wait, 21 a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right! 22 In which they will remain for ages [unending]. 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 They indeed hoped not for a reckoning, 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment. 30