The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ What are they asking (one another)? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 No! They are going to know. 4 Again, by no means! anon they shall know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a cradle 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 and made the night a covering, 10 and made the day to seek livelihood, 11 And We made above you seven strong ones, 12 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour? 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time - 17 The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes 18 and heaven is opened, and become gates, 19 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink 24 save boiling water and a stinking fluid -- 25 a befitting recompense for their deeds. 26 Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account, 27 and they cried loud lies to Our signs; 28 And everything We have recorded in a book. 29 'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.' 30