The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 About the great news, (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, the Quran, which Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) brought and the Day of Resurrection, etc.), 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Then, no! They are going to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse, 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and gave you repose in sleep, 9 And made the night as clothing 10 and the day as time for you to make a living? 11 And constructed above you seven strong [heavens] 12 And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun). 13 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water. 14 That We may produce from it grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 On that day the trumpet will be sounded and you will come (to Us) in huge groups. 18 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates, 19 And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage. 20 Hell will lie in wait (for its prey). 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 save boiling water and pus 25 for a suitable recompense. 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 and they absolutely belied Our verses, 28 And all things We have recorded in a Book. 29 So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment, 30