The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ Of what do they ask one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 whereon they are at variance. 3 Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]! 4 Again surely yes, they will soon come to know! 5 Did We not make the earth a spreading, 6 And the mountains as pegs? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 And made your sleep [a means for] rest 9 and made the night [its] cloak 10 and made the day [a symbol of] life. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 And have kept a very bright lamp in it. 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes. 18 The heavens will be opened wide and turn into so many doors, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink 24 Except scalding water and [foul] purulence - 25 a meet requital [for their sins]! 26 Indeed they had no fear of the account. 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment' 30