The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ What do they quarrel about? 1 Concerning the Great News, 2 That over which they are in disagreement. 3 By no means! anon they shall know. 4 And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand! 5 Have We not made the earth as a bed, 6 and the mountains [its] pegs? 7 And it is We who created you in pairs. 8 And made sleep for you to rest, 9 And We have made the night a covering. 10 And We made the day for seeking livelihood. 11 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens), 12 and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour. 13 And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water 14 so that We may thereby bring forth grain and vegetation, 15 And gardens dense and luxuriant. 16 The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment. 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates, 19 and the mountains shall be made to vanish, as if they had been a mirage. 20 Surely, Hell lies in wait, 21 For the transgressors, a place of return, 22 Living therein for ages. 23 they shall taste in it no coolness, nor any pleasant drink 24 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold: 25 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds). 26 They did not expect such a Judgment 27 having given the lie to Our messages one and all: 28 but We have recorded everything in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30