The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ About what are they asking one another? 1 About the Great News 2 Regarding which they hold different views. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 And We created you in pairs 8 and made your sleep a means of repose, 9 And made the night as a covering, 10 And made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 And have appointed a dazzling lamp, 13 And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time, 17 The day the trumpet blast is sounded you will come in hordes; 18 The heavens will have openings like doors. 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 a resort for the rebellious; 22 In it shall they remain for a long time. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 Recompense fitted! 26 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds), 27 and roundly denied Our Signs as false. 28 and everything We have numbered in a Book. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30