The News (Al-Naba')
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Whereof do they question one another? 1 Is it about the awesome tiding 2 concerning which they have disputes. 3 No indeed; soon will they come to know; 4 Surely, they will soon find out the truth! 5 Have We not made the earth as a place to rest 6 And the mountains as projections (thereon)? 7 and created you in pairs (as men and women), 8 made sleep for you to rest, 9 And We made the night to be a covering, 10 And have appointed the day for livelihood. 11 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments, 12 and placed in them a blazing lamp 13 From the rain clouds We send waters pouring down in abundance, 14 That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation 15 And gardens of thick foliage. 16 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed: 17 On that Day when the trumpet shall be sounded, you shall come in droves, 18 And the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates. 19 The mountains will be driven away and become like mirages. 20 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush, 21 For the transgressors a place of destination: 22 They will abide therein for ages, 23 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, 24 But boiling and intensely cold water, 25 , A fitting reward. 26 Indeed, they did not hope for a Reckoning, 27 And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial. 28 Everything have We recorded in a Book. 29 "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment." 30