The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know! 4 Nay, again, but they will come to know! 5 Have We not made the earth an even expanse? 6 and the mountains as pegs (to anchor the earth)? 7 Have We not created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 and We made the day for a livelihood. 11 And We have builded over you seven strong heavens. 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 and sent down heavy rains from the clouds 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens of thick growth. 16 Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time, 17 the Day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and you will come forth in multitudes; 18 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 A home for the rebellious. 22 where they shall remain for ages, 23 tasting therein neither coolness nor any drink 24 save boiling water and wash of the wounds; 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 They were those who did not expect a reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 And everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment. 30