The News (Al-Naba')
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 About the awesome tiding [of resurrection,] 2 on which they [so utterly] disagree. 3 Indeed they will come to know soon; 4 again, no indeed; soon will they come to know. 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 And the high hills bulwarks? 7 And We created you in pairs, 8 And made your sleep a rest. 9 and We appointed night for a garment, 10 And made the day as a means of subsistence? 11 And We have built above you seven firmaments, 12 And We have set therein lamps glowing. 13 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance, 14 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables, 15 and luxuriant gardens. 16 Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time; 17 the day the Trumpet is blown, and you shall come in troops, 18 and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates; 19 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage. 20 Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush, 21 The destination of the rebellious. 22 They will dwell therein for ages. 23 They will not feel cold nor taste any drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 A fitting recompense (for them). 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 And all things have We preserved on record. 29 (They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you". 30