The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ What do they question each other about! 1 They quarrel about the great news 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 Nay, they will come to know! 4 They will indeed come to know soon. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 And the mountains as stakes? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and We appointed your sleep for a rest; 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 and We appointed day for a livelihood. 11 Have We not made seven strong heavens above you, 12 And made [therein] a burning lamp 13 And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds. 14 Thereby to produce grain and plant, 15 and gardens dense with foliage? 16 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed, 17 The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups); 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 The mountains put in motion turning into a mirage. 20 Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait 21 a home for the transgressors, 22 Where they will remain for aeons, 23 Finding neither sleep nor any thing to drink 24 Save scalding water and corruption. 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning; 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30