The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ OF WHAT ARE they asking one another? 1 Of the mighty tiding 2 concerning which they are in disagreement! 3 Surely yes, they will soon come to know! 4 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know. 5 Did We not make the earth a bed? 6 and the mountains as pegs? 7 We created you in pairs, 8 and We made your sleep a rest, 9 And made the night a cover. 10 And have made the day for livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 and We appointed a blazing lamp 13 And We have sent down from the rain-clouds water plenteous. 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 and gardens dense with foliage. 16 Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed. 17 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds; 18 and heaven is opened, having gates, 19 and the mountains will be set in motion and become a mirage. 20 Surely hell lies in wait, 21 for the insolent a resort, 22 there, they shall live for ages, 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 Except boiling water and benumbing cold: 25 The reward to each is according to what he is. 26 For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. 27 And rejected Our signs as lies. 28 However, We have recorded everything in a book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30