The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 (Is it) of the great announcement 2 About which they differ? 3 Nay! they shall soon come to know 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth an expanse. 6 The mountains tent-pins? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness), 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 So that We bring forth thereby corn and vegetation. 15 and gardens luxuriant. 16 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 And the heaven is opened and will become gateways 19 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance. 20 Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, 21 The rebels' abode, 22 They will tarry therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 Recompense fitted! 26 Surely they feared not the account, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30